<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>I should have read the article first. It says the regular license is tied to a single PC. Not the subscription plan. That can be installed and removed as many times as needed.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, my family has been using Google Apps since it started. We like it. It's great as a common repository we can all get to. But to do complicated school papers you really need a desktop application. OpenOffice worked for us for years until the kids got in High School and the papers got more complicated and had to use specific templates.</div><div><br></div><div>--Brian</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Brian Stanaland <<a href="mailto:brian@stanaland.org">brian@stanaland.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Wednesday, February 20, 2013 3:39 PM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [ale] [OT] Microsoft Office 13 license<br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>I bit the bullet and signed up. I'm running Office 2011 on my work MacBook for personal use. We're a Google Apps shop. I put another copy on the living room PC that the kids do their homework on. I have another copy on my beat up Thinkpad that currently running an unregistered copy of Windows 7. I'll know in the couple of weeks if it truly is tied to one machine as this one will be rebuilt when I get tired of playing with Windows.</div><div><br></div><div>I'll only have experience with this on a personal level but I'm happy with it so far.</div><div><br></div><div>--Brian</div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Jay Lozier <<a href="mailto:jslozier@gmail.com">jslozier@gmail.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span> Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Wednesday, February 20, 2013 2:45 PM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [ale] [OT] Microsoft Office 13 license<br></div><div><br></div><div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 02/20/2013 12:06 PM, Sergio Chaves
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<blockquote cite="mid:CAKvT5tZ5YB+ts+Qm9BLHSEhNt7cne7+K6ASQVYujckyMv6Qb+A@mail.gmail.com" type="cite">Yep, quite a good buzz on M$ new scheme.<br>
Maybe a good year for people/enterprises to learn more about
Linux.<br>
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From <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/opensource/microsoft-loses-yet-another-fanboy/4178?tag=nl.e011&s_cid=e011&ttag=e011">http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/opensource/microsoft-loses-yet-another-fanboy/4178?tag=nl.e011&s_cid=e011&ttag=e011</a><br>
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<li> Each license is tied to a Microsoft Live account</li>
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<li> Only five licenses can be attached to a single account
(we have clients that blow through ten MS Offices a week —
this could cause problems).</li>
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<li> Each license will forever be tied to a single machine.</li>
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I have seen many negative comments about this new policy. It appears
M$ is trying to get people to use Office 365 subscription. Two
issues I see with this model are:<br>
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1. Not everyone needs the a full office suite thus they are wasting
money for features they do not need or want. Many people do not know
how to use a RDMS like Access/Jet. <br>
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2. What happens when your subscription is not renewed; one will
still need to access some of their files.<br>
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Several comments indicate an extreme displeasure with M$ refusal to
give either a downloadable file or a physical disk.<br>
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