Microsoft removes perpetually licensed Office 2019 from HUP

[Corky34]

Well comparability now, but that hadn’t used to be the case. Anyone who has used (or used) a recent (within the last 15 years) version of WordPerfect will know it is vastly superior in ease of use. It is just so sad that the MaC and *nix versions were discontinued.

I wonder if that's down to when someone first got into computers, speaking personally i find traditional designs far easier to use but i wonder if people who've only ever known 'modern' designed OS' and Office suites find pre-2010 as confusing as i find post-2010 stuff....i guess we won't know for a decade or so.

[peterb]

Just realised I left a critical bit out of my previous post - like “WordPerfect”

[Apex]

Bought Office 2010, 2013,2016 and 2019 via the HUP because i felt the tenner was money well spent (hell if they had charged 30 quid i would have still bought them) will i buy a subscription for a office product; not a hecking chance, its likely this will be my last office product on my own machine and i'll move away to something like OpenOffice or Libre Office esp since my laptop is running Linux Mint.

I know work are going to be moving to office 365 which i am not looking forward to in the slightest (i'll be honest i haven't liked office since any version after 2003)

[AGTDenton]

I'm slowly moving everyone to Libre Office at work and home. As Open Office is hanging by a thread and the key developers moved to Libre I've stopped using OO. The support is far better for MS docs on Libre.
Microsoft are going the way of Adobe to a subscription only model.

[Neostar]

I prefer WPS Office as MS Office just feels sluggish to use and very slow

[nobodyspecial]

Linux needs to up the GAME (literally, gaming) so I can switch of microsoft crap.

Why is nobody pushing this? NV/AMD/Intel? Why not kill MSFT or at least make a game of it?...We have had a crap OS for a decade (every version has been slower, more clicks, more crap in your way etc), and no end in sight with every intent of killing off you OWNING your copy (as iff you ever did anyway). Jeez, what do they have now 4 current broken versions? LOL. I will never pay a sub for an OS or office. Not going to happen. MSFT will soon create a massive amount of pirates...ROFL. Win7 death=pirates R us. I know people who have quit PC's (email on phone now, console or mobile gaming etc...ROFL - basically given up PC's) because of win10. That is not how you win customers. That is how other devices suddenly take a huge share of your devices.

Monitor sales projected to drop 2.9% yearly for 5yrs? You are failing MSFT. Get your OS together (fail win10 and move on to a WHOLE new OS), or die. My PC experience seems to get worse yearly, and no, it's not user error...ROFL.

[spacein_vader]

Linux gaming has come on huge strides since August 18 when Steam proton launched. That's over 6000 windows games that just work on Linux now at the click of a button. And rising. They are upping their game.