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Office 365 "The fine print" popup message - is it legitimate?
Greetings, I have been happily using Office 365 (mostly Word) for many years, and I have never had any problems with any of the products. This morning when I loaded Word I was confronted by a pop...
James;
I do not agree with Microsoft's coercive behavior. I loathe the way they just do whatever they want and push out sub-standard software and then leave us without support. My personal philosophy is that Mr. Gates was never an OS genius but a marketing genius. However, being responsible for a company full of desktops and just wanting the users to continue working means that I have to accept things the way they are. I guess we could all explore alternative software but it might be a little late for that. I am just grateful that this time, at least, it wasn't some malware trying to destroy us. I am also grateful for one resource left to us, namely blogs like this one.
We refused to accept this revised agreement and just downloaded LibreOffice. Fortunately, only one user was affected and she seems more than happy to simply use webmail and LibreOffice. All our other computers are on Office 2010 and 2013. They continue to work just fine.
- James;
Thanks for the info on LibreOffice. Researched it. Probably going to download and set it up on a test box. We also have a mix of MS Office products, going back to Office 2007. Only the new Office is getting the message and only those that get their MS updates automatically. Thanks again.