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Topic: Microsoft and VCSY
And this is so important I thought I should post it in two places at once.
Will Microsoft be reverse engineering 521?
Is this a test rocket or a cannonball?
It's my opinion this is not doable without stepping on 521 claims. I am open to debate anyone who says they think Microsoft is doing it differently.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=582
July 17th, 2007
Microsoft offering Office 2007 for rent on a monthly basis
Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 12:11 pm
Looks like Microsoft’s intial pilots of pay-as-you-go pricing for Office were successful.
Microsoft has expanded its Office rental trial in South Africa to include Office 2007. Microsoft will make Office 2007 available for 199 rand ($28.54) for a three-month subscription, according to a Reuters report. First-time users willg et an extra three months for free, Reuters said. (Thanks to Bink.nu for the link to the Reuters story.)
Microsoft has been testing pay-as-you-go schemes for Office 2003 in several developing countries, including South Africa, company officials said earlier this year. At that time, Microsoft officials said the Office rental trials were also in full-swing in Mexico and Romania. Back in January, Microsoft was planning to decide “in the next couple of months” whether to extend the program to include Office 2007.
I’ve asked Microsoft whether it plans to extend this program and offer Office 2007 on a subscription basis in other countries. Stay tuned.
Meanwhile, would you be interested in renting Office — or any other Microsoft app — on a monthly basis? Why or why not?
