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		selfhoster11 on Oct 23, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Satya Nadella turned Microsoft around 1. That might have been a good thing back when updates weren't dreaded, because they would rarely if ever add distracting UI elements or take away useful features. 2. If you're a small-scale Office user who's happy not to have the latest and the greatest, and you're happy to update your copy of Office every 5-7 years, then a yearly subscription will not be a good trade-off.

zepearl on Oct 23, 2020 [–]

And personally I don't like the idea/feeling of having recurring fixed costs - I just want to pay (more) once and that's it.

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