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+-   Office rental program.-> on Wednesday July 02 2008, @05:03PM LWATCDR

Submitted by LWATCDR on Wednesday July 02 2008, @05:03PM
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LWATCDR writes "Yes it looks like Microsoft is going to a rental program for Office. From the article. "The software bundle, which also includes Microsoft's Live OneCare computer security software, will be sold at nearly 700 Circuit City stores for $70 per year." Well I for one will be happy to stick with OpenOffice for now. From Microsoft's point of view it means a constant flow of money. For the customer it means you only have to pay a little each year instead of a lot every few years. I don't think this will save the average user any money and I wonder about problems with "activation". So will this fly or will it give a big push to OpenOffice. Read more at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080702/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_office_subscription;_ylt=Aglfs.0Rrm.XlMNYRXVQuI5Y.3QA"
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