Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Mon Jan 28 18:54:45 CST 2013
Hi Rocky: In for a penny, in for a pound. Right now this model is being used on many Cloud based storage and processing schemes. You pay for what you use and how much you use. But previously there is a sliding usage fee. This new offer seems to follow the same pattern as Cell phones where you start off with a flat fee and then I am sure there is plus and plus for additional users and usage. Microsoft is predicting that businesses are entrenched to the use of MS Office products that this change will make little difference. The cost of the service must work out to a similar cost of someone purchasing a full Office package. I am sure that there will be the standard model packages for sale in the interim but I think they will be slowly phased out... The clients that this will affect the most is the smaller offices who have legally or illegally used a few Office packages in more than one place or for more than one user. Now this can be carefully monitored through the internet and the appropriate tolls and restrictions applied. Google, started charging for their previously free service...probably in anticipation of the MS move. There is also a move towards Cloud based everything and those that do not in or can not connect in, could be dropped as clients. Who wants clients who do not pay? As you say, "...that's a market killer"...but for who. It seems that suppliers have a tight monopoly. either use them of nothing at all. It is a "Black Aggie" move...going for control. Now there is a completely captive market with but one exception... The OSS products like OpenOffice and Libra Office. I would suggest that all users of these products, especially Libra Office place a small donation towards these alternatives so they can be kept as option now and in the future. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 12:55 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Office 2013 Released Tomorrow (Jan. 29) Sucks. I'd bet a dollar that's a market killer. R -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 11:52 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Office 2013 Released Tomorrow (Jan. 29) The official release is tomorrow. The pricing model is new. You don't buy it. You download it and install it locally, then pay a monthly or annual fee to use it. What is the feeling among this community about this new revenue model? -- Arthur Cell: 647.710.1314 Prediction is difficult, especially of the future. -- Niels Bohr _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com