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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 02/20/2013 03:48 PM, Brian Stanaland
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<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>
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<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>
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<div>--Brian</div>
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Personally, I wish some very big (EU, Feds) would say not more
proprietary formats will be used after a hard date. Any documents
to/from will be rejected if they use a proprietary format. Using ODF
or other open standard would simplify life and remove vendor look
with proprietary formats.<br>
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-Jay<br>
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<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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [ale]
[OT] Microsoft Office 13 license<br>
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<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>
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<div>I'll only have experience with this on a personal level
but I'm happy with it so far.</div>
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<div>--Brian</div>
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Jay Lozier <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span>
Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Wednesday,
February 20, 2013 2:45 PM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> <<a
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re:
[ale] [OT] Microsoft Office 13 license<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 02/20/2013 12:06 PM,
Sergio Chaves wrote:<br>
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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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