Microsoft’s motivation for using this business model was the same as Adobe’s. You rent your software, you don’t own it, and you can’t resell it. In predictable Microsoft fashion, there are many tiered options for Office 365 - Home Premium, Small Business Premium, ProPlus, Enterprise - but the principle is the same. It’s eerily similar to Microsoft’s Office 2013: Pay a monthly fee and access the software at a reduced cost. I recently reviewed Photoshop CS6, and you can get a very expensive retail version or pay $20 monthly for the subscription version, dubbed the Creative Cloud. More and more companies are switching to subscription-based software models, and, not surprisingly, profit is at the heart of it. That sounds great, but wait until you hear the catch. While you can still get Office 2013 as a stand-alone disk installer, it really is meant to be used as a streamed service that lets users enjoy the synch-y goodness of an office in the sky. one thing jumped out at me: the new subscription pricing model. While the usual suspects were there - better Word features, Windows 8 tie-ins, etc. A few days ago, Microsoft revealed its newest iteration of its Office suite.
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