The SaaS business model is one of the reasons why companies like Adobe are on my personal blacklist (I do have Acrobat Reader and Flash installed but I will never install, buy or pirate any of the for-pay Adobe products)
All the software I own (including Windows 7 and a fairly large number of games among other things) has been a one-time purchase and I will not buy any software that uses a subscription model.
I have seen nothing to suggest Microsoft intends to start charging any kind of ongoing fees to use Windows as a general home user. So unless that changes, I will keep using Windows. (should I upgrade my hardware to the point my current Windows license isn't valid anymore and wont activate, I will just buy a new one for a one-off fee)
Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
- Henry Spencer, University of Toronto Unix hack
One-time purchase (Score:4, Interesting)
The SaaS business model is one of the reasons why companies like Adobe are on my personal blacklist (I do have Acrobat Reader and Flash installed but I will never install, buy or pirate any of the for-pay Adobe products)
All the software I own (including Windows 7 and a fairly large number of games among other things) has been a one-time purchase and I will not buy any software that uses a subscription model.
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I have seen nothing to suggest Microsoft intends to start charging any kind of ongoing fees to use Windows as a general home user. So unless that changes, I will keep using Windows. (should I upgrade my hardware to the point my current Windows license isn't valid anymore and wont activate, I will just buy a new one for a one-off fee)