cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1162140/microsoft-revokes-office-2019-perpetual-licenses-then-edits-their-website-to-gaslight-cu
Microsoft converts Office 2019 for Mac perpetual licenses to read-only versions
https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Microsoft_Office_2019_and_2021_for_Mac_view-only_conversion_(2026)
19 Comments
NotAnArdvark@lemmy.ca · 43 pts · 82d
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice and I must be a Microsoft customer.
FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi · 42 pts · 82d
The only reasonable option here is to switch to LibreOffice or some other FOSS product.
ripcord@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 81d
EuroOffice
coolfission@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 81d
Or Euro-office once that comes out
muhyb@programming.dev · 36 pts · 82d
They cannot do that, it's a lawsuit magnet.
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub · 13 pts · 81d
They can, they have, and they will continue. A $20 million US lawsuit fine is just the cost of doing business to them. Barely a rounding error.
muhyb@programming.dev · 14 pts · 81d
That's just sad:
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 82d
Their charm offensive is full steam ahead,I see.
I think it's great what they do for the Linux and Foss scene
dan1101@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 82d
They think they are too big to fail.
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub · 7 pts · 81d
You know who else was too big to fail? The Roman Empire. Let's check in to see how they're doing these days...
Greyghoster@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 81d
It’s like Trump and Operation Epstein Fury turbo charging the move to renewables.
victorz@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 82d
Not sure they understand the meaning of the word "perpetual". 💀
pdxfed@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 81d
They met with telecom companies and heard about "unlimited"
flameleaf@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 81d
Getting sick of all these Windows
updatesscheduled remote degradationsBloefz@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 81d
It's not Windows but I know what you mean. And totally agree.
SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev · 12 pts · 81d
When I sold customers office a couple years ago. I would give them two options, you can go with MS365( or what ever bullshit they call it now) and pay the yearly subscription to always have the newest product. Or you could buy perpetuals and hope they don't start sunsetting perpetuals faster than they did back then. They have always made perpetuals unusable after 6+ years through one mechanism or another.
ms_lane@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 81d
Office 2003 still works just fine friend.
SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev · 3 pts · 81d
I actually have never had to deal with office 2003 in a professional capacity, so I could not tell you. From what I remember the word processor always worked, it was Outlook that did not work eventually. After end of life they don't add new auth methods to the old software. Running Office 2013 and Outlook 2021 side by side was a disaster.
Is that office 2003 works on my system? Or Office 2003 at 3 different customers with an endless variety of hardware and OS combinations, mostly works?
betanumerus@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 82d
mesamunefire@piefed.social · 3 pts · 81d
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRnno9VIZx0
thats some bull