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| From | Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: Software is Dead -- Long Live the Cloud |
| Date | 2017-04-25 09:56 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <odn2qt$ev2$1@deskrabbit.motzarella.org> (permalink) |
| References | <628e8ea0-097a-4b5d-8e82-d07fee298658@googlegroups.com> <odl8ns$9a6$3@dont-email.me> |
On 24/04/2017 17:26, DFS wrote: > On 4/24/2017 10:56 AM, fr314159@gmail.com wrote: >> To no surprise, Microshit will make its Orifice 2016 "cloud" >> product mandatory for all users: >> >> http://www.techradar.com/news/microsoft-is-pushing-office-2016-users-towards-office-365 >> >> >> As I have said many times before, software lasts forever but software >> companies do not. The old trick of repetitive "annual versions" is >> failing >> to generate sufficient revenues. The new commercial trend is now the >> subscription model where the customer has no choice but to pay again >> and again for the privilege of using the same junk lest he lose >> everything. >> >> Fortunately, GNU/Linux and open source software will always remain >> accessible and free. > > > Looks like you'll be holding your nose and using that unholy mess called > "LibreOffice". > > Who am I kidding? You demand MS Office, just like any rational person. > > > At least with the Cloud version of Office you can use the apps on pretty much any device, I think this is the way things are heading. Now correct me if I'm wrong (And I did have a quick look), none of the Linux open source office suites will work as a web application, thus tying users to their PCs. I quite like sitting in a cafe or bar or on a train using my iPad or iPhone to tweak a document. It's a nice joined up, seamless method of working.
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Re: Software is Dead -- Long Live the Cloud chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-27 06:48 -0500
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