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Ms to raise prices for Office (except 365)
Hi there
seems Ms is definitely on the way to pushing Office/365 subscriptions.
Microsoft Ups Office 2019 Prices to Push Office 365 Subscriptions
Myself I don't like this model -- even if subscriptions are initially cheap (they can always be raised when you've hooked enough customers in). After a while one can have subscriptions for dozens of things -- might only be a few USD etc per month but add them all up and wham - it can become quite a huge wodge of money.
I'm staying with Office 2010 until it doesn't work any more and then I'm looking at alternatives -- a good one seems to be this which runs nearly every spreadsheet I've thrown at it
WPS Office 2016 Free Edition
for those interested it also works on Linux.
I think though it might not support VB macros -- however most people don't use a lot of those in spreadsheets. Works also on Android. I'll do some more testing as I'm not going to be suckered in to paying out any more monthly subs (utilities, internet, Netflix, Amazon etc).
I've given up also montly contract on phone -- Pay as you go sim is zillions cheaper once you've got the phone.
Cheers
jimbo