Jan 18, 2013
Not sure if you have caught this in the past months, but Microsoft, with the release of Office 2013, is urging buyers to use a subscription model for purchase—basically you are renting the software with free upgrades and liberal multi-computer terms. Here is an article from Mary Jo Foley about that:
http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-office-2013-what-to-expect-on-the-pricing-front-7000009591/
Michael Linenberger