[AccessD] Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows: Lifetime License | TechSpot

[Stuart McLachlan]

I'm not overly concerned about " lifetime" and "lifecycles"
I'm still  developing with Office 2010 on my laptop and supporting quite a few 2010 
installations :)



On 22 Jun 2022 at 7:46, Jim Dettman via AccessD wrote:

> 
>  Few things to watch out for with that:
> 
> 1. "Lifetime" license - While the license is "lifetime", the ability
> to use it is not.   Microsoft has dropped support lifecycles to seven
> years.  First five are main, last two are extended (security updates
> only).  They've also gone out of their way to make using a perpetual
> license as difficult as possible, and they want to get everyone on one
> code base, so they've killed off anything pre-2016 as quickly as
> possible.
> 
> 2. One install on one PC literally means that most likely.  It's
> probably an OEM license they are selling, and those don't include
> transfer rights.  You get to install it on one PC and that will be it.
>   If your motherboard goes, you'll be buying a new copy.
> 
> 3. Updates - You are only going to get security updates and fixes to
> the existing features during mainstream support.   You won't get any
> new features.   In extended support, you'll only get security updates.
> 
>  It is a bargain, but just a heads-up on what you are getting into if
>  you
> decide to buy it.
> 
> Jim.
> 
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