More issues with Office 2013.
Apparently, when you buy a retail version of Office 2013, you can only install it on one computer. If that computer dies or is replaced, you can't transfer it to another without calling Microsoft.
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I get it Microsoft; you want us to subscribe to Office 365. But renting software is not appealing for many of us. Ease us into it by making Office 365 better than the retail product. Don't turn your retail product into an acidic mess.
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I like Microsoft.
Microsoft products have facilitated a good living for me and my family.
But what the hell is going on over there?
It's like a bunch of monkeys humping footballs.
Addendum: Mrs. Pig thought that I should tone down my comments and explain what I mean by monkeys humping footballs.
This is a term in the consulting world used to describe the erratic actions of people in a conference room; footballs bouncing everywhere as they try to tackle an issue.
The hard left and right turns coming from Redmond are vexing at best. At worst, the perception out here is that Microsoft is using brute force tactics to jam a new paradigm down our throats. I agree with Rob Collie when he says that there is no evil person out there called "Microsoft". What we have here is a group of good people trying to make the best decisions for the future of Office. But in the end, that makes little difference. The end result is a frustrated community of users who have to deal with new (seemingly unfair) rules.
I did not know that about Excel 2013. Thanks for the update, that's good information to know.
I haven't bought that version yet because I'm still working through the Mac version, Excel 2011, which has its own issues.
And yes, you do have to wonder about what's going on at Microsoft.
win8: fail
metro: fail
office 2013: fail
windows phone: fail
They'd better get to work on screwing up the new xbox. This probably isn't even that big of a deal, except for the fact that those that evangelize their product are giving them the torch over this.
@Dan
You can add
Surface – Fail
Oh hell yes.
We have a mall here in Chicago that has both a apple store and a MS store. No joke:
Apple Store: hundreds of a people dicking around with ipads and ipods and iphones and the rest of the iproducts. Staff who were totally engaged with people, selling stuff left and right.
MS Store: like 5 people comatose in front of a surface trying to figure out how to use metro. Maybe 3 more trying to figure out the keyboard.
And here's the thing, let's just say I'm not a total open source cretin and I was interested in dropping 400-600 bucks on a tablet (which I'm not, but whatever). Which am I going to pick? the ipad or the surface?
Totally aside, check this out:
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/02/why-microsofts-new-office-2013-license-may-send-users-to-google-docs/
And it's probably true. I mean, I'm kind of professionally dependant upon having access to a Excel license available, but what about the other 99.999% of home users who might just say "screw it" because they don't want to pay a subscription fee.
From the 'open source cretin' department. I wouldn't shell out $1 for an apple product any more than I would an M$ product. Android does as well as any of the tablet O/S, the apps are cheaper or free, and when paired with Open Source Linux on my laptop, I don't have to worry about how many computers I put it (or Open/Libre Office) on, I just continue to work…