Re: FW: by Gail from brother Dana Re: Microsoft 365 annual charge

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

Thanks for forwarding this email.

Yeah, I see from this web site:

 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/what-s-the-difference-between-microsoft-365-and-office-2021-ed447ebf-6060-46f9-9e90-a239bd27eb96

that Don got Office 365 instead of a year-based office suite (e.g., Office
2021).  I guess Noelle got Office 2017, but, for her work, she uses Office
365 which gives her access to those applications via a web browser
(Firefox in her case), anyway.

It appears that Microsoft is making money via the subscription model since
you'd be able to buy a brand new single-license office suite every 3.5
years in lieu of the annual fee.

I also agree that there are free alternatives to Office 365, but that may
require learning new systems.

 > From: "Gail" <http://www.cox.net/~g3>
 > Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2022 13:45:54 -0700
 >
 > Hi Robert,
 > 
 > This is Dana's reply. I hope this answers your concerns.
 > 
 > Best,
 > Gail
 > 
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: http://www.waylandcomputer.com/~Dana [http://www.waylandcomputer.com/~dana] 
 > Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2022 11:11 AM
 > To: Gail <http://www.cox.net/~g3>
 > Subject: RE: by Gail From Robert, Don's son-in-law Re:
 > Microsoft 365 annual charge
 > 
 > I am not exactly sure what your question is?
 > 
 > You both use Microsoft Outlook to read your email so some form of Microsoft
 > Office is required which also comes with Word, Excel and PowerPoint.  You
 > cannot purchase these programs separately anymore.
 > 
 > You have Office 2013 Home/Business installed on your computer which you
 > would have paid a one-time license fee of about $249 to $279.   This 2013
 > version will not automatically update and will NOT be supported anymore
 > after ???, but this does not mean you cannot use it but you will not be
 > getting any security updates and they will not support it anymore.
 > 
 > Don, somehow has purchased a Microsoft Office 365 subscription for $70 per
 > year which is actually Microsoft Office 2019 or even 2022 and it will
 > upgrade to the latest version whenever it comes out as long as you continue
 > to pay the subscription fee.
 > 
 > You could add your computer to his license for another $30 per year.  Or
 > purchase a single license for $249 when your current version expires.
 > 
 > If either you or Don does not actually need Word, Excel, PowerPoint and
 > Outlook, you could drop his subscription and use other FREE alternatives for
 > Email, writing Documents and creating Spreadsheets.
 > 
 > Dana
 > 
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Gail <http://www.cox.net/~g3> 
 > Sent: Thursday, June 2, 2022 1:23 PM
 > To: http://www.waylandcomputer.com/~Dana
 > Subject: FW: by Gail From Robert, Don's son-in-law Re:
 > Microsoft 365 annual charge
 > 
 > Hi Dana,
 > 
 > I just received this email from Robert, Don's son-in-law (who is a
 > computer programmer in where-I-live) so I thought I would run this by you to see
 > what you think. Do Don or I need the subscription to Microsoft 0365? Isn't
 > Microsoft Office what runs my Outlook 2013 for my email, Excel 2013, and
 > Word 2013, so that then Yes I would need it because I do use those? I just
 > checked Don's laptop and his Outlook when I click on the icon says Outlook
 > 365 to get his email, so even though he doesn't use Excel and only
 > occasionally Word although I don't see an icon on desktop for that, it
 > appears that he also uses Microsoft 0365. 
 > 
 > I look forward to your reply when you get a chance. Thanks again for all
 > your work yesterday helping us with our computers as that gave me a lot of
 > peace of mind knowing everything is OK.
 > 
 > Love,
 > Gail
 > 
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Robert [http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert]
 > Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2022 6:43 AM
 > To: http://www.cox.net/~g3
 > Cc: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
 > Subject: -- SPAM --Re: Microsoft 365 annual charge
 > 
 > To: "Gail" <http://www.cox.net/~g3>
 > 
 > I'm pretty sure you pay every year.
 > 
 > If Dana thinks there's still value in keeping the subscription, then go
 > ahead and keep it.
 > 
 > For what it's worth, Noelle had to buy Microsoft Office and continues to get
 > software updates, but doesn't use Microsoft's cloud back-up services and
 > doesn't have an online account; thus, she has never had a need for
 > O365 nor has she ever paid a subscription for it.