This is for commercial users, so if your company mandates MS Office, none of the free alternatives are much use.
On the plus side, the prices don’t really matter to those end users, so anyone outside procurement won’t notice any difference.
Raising home user prices would lead to a lot more backlash, but I wouldn’t put it past MS to try it anyway. They just can’t seem to get out of their own way.
Not directly, but it still does matter to me. I’d rather my CEO buy a new car instead of giving even more money to Microsoft, as weird as that sounds.
The real problem is that it makes it even more appealing for C-suiters to cut costs – and C-suiters usually choose to reduce licence counts (read: firing people) instead of migrating away from Microsoft.
CEO still gets his new car, Microsoft still gets their check, … it’s you, sir, who gets a 2% raise instead of a 7% raise. So you’re paid less value the following year, against inflation, which is what helps make up the difference.
I’d rather have the CEO buy me a new car, but y’know, perspectives and all that. I’m just working my ass off for a 1b 1ba and a used Toyota Yaris, so really they deserve a new Jaguar this week.
This is for commercial users, so if your company mandates MS Office, none of the free alternatives are much use.
On the plus side, the prices don’t really matter to those end users, so anyone outside procurement won’t notice any difference.
Raising home user prices would lead to a lot more backlash, but I wouldn’t put it past MS to try it anyway. They just can’t seem to get out of their own way.
Not directly, but it still does matter to me. I’d rather my CEO buy a new car instead of giving even more money to Microsoft, as weird as that sounds.
The real problem is that it makes it even more appealing for C-suiters to cut costs – and C-suiters usually choose to reduce licence counts (read: firing people) instead of migrating away from Microsoft.
CEO still gets his new car, Microsoft still gets their check, … it’s you, sir, who gets a 2% raise instead of a 7% raise. So you’re paid less value the following year, against inflation, which is what helps make up the difference.
You guys are getting raises?
I’d rather have the CEO buy me a new car, but y’know, perspectives and all that. I’m just working my ass off for a 1b 1ba and a used Toyota Yaris, so really they deserve a new Jaguar this week.
Costs get passed to consumers.