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Microsoft Outlook comes to iOS........Finally
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<blockquote data-quote="dbm" data-source="post: 1527825" data-attributes="member: 184286"><p>I agree that it wouldn't be my preferred model for software. It depends on your usage pattern though; if you only occasionally need to make documents, and usually at home, then why not 'hire' MS Word for $10 each time rather than buy it for $150 or what ever the going rate is? And each hire would get you the software for a month, so even a spike of activity like applying for a new job might well be covered by a single charge. Even if you do end up spending more than the software license cost after a number of uses each individual transaction would have been so small as to be inconsequential compared to the one-off license cost. </p><p></p><p>It seems to be the way the industry is going, though, and I think Adobe has already moved to this model? It allows them to have a more smooth income month-on-month rather than having peaks and troughs built around release dates.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dbm, post: 1527825, member: 184286"] I agree that it wouldn't be my preferred model for software. It depends on your usage pattern though; if you only occasionally need to make documents, and usually at home, then why not 'hire' MS Word for $10 each time rather than buy it for $150 or what ever the going rate is? And each hire would get you the software for a month, so even a spike of activity like applying for a new job might well be covered by a single charge. Even if you do end up spending more than the software license cost after a number of uses each individual transaction would have been so small as to be inconsequential compared to the one-off license cost. It seems to be the way the industry is going, though, and I think Adobe has already moved to this model? It allows them to have a more smooth income month-on-month rather than having peaks and troughs built around release dates. [/QUOTE]
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