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Microsoft Wants You to Pay Monthly Subscription for Office and Services You Won't Use

Microsoft is testing a new bundle of fun codenamed "Albany" which rolls Office Home and Student, Windows Live OneCare, Office Live Workspace and some other Live services into a package that you'll pay a monthly fee for. It's this kind of thing, turning software into service you have to keep paying for and never actually own, that makes reports of Windows 7's modularity kinda scary. Here's what "Albany" will ask you to pony up for every month in real-world terms. More »

3:50 PM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By matt buchanan
12,615 views, 72 comments

Latest by uberfu: Microsoft Wants You to Pay Monthly Subscription for Office and Services You Won't Use This is nothing new_ I have internet service thru Comcast and they "force me to have 7 email addresses and a few Gigs of storage space more »