It's been bandied around for some time: a subscription-based version of Microsoft Office, and on Friday, Microsoft launched just such a service, code-named Albany, in private beta form. Albany includes more than just Office, however.Albany is a bundle of Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 (which contains Excel, Word, PowerPoint and OneNote), Windows Live OneCare, and Windows Live Mail, Messenger and Photo Gallery, with a single installer.
Of course, why I would want Windows Live OneCare is beyond me, because although it's improving, I still wouldn't trust my PC to it. However, security software is one of the segments where a subscription model is common, so linking OneCare into the bundle makes sense.
In a press release, Microsoft Group Product Manager Bryson Gordon said:
We’re breaking new ground by delivering Microsoft Office in combination with security and communication tools, plus ensuring our customers are on the cutting edge with the very latest versions. We found from our research that when you bring these categories together and keep them automatically updated, a subscription model makes a lot of sense.OK, so they will still have a way to buy products in the normal manner. For quite a few, that will still be the way to go. What's unclear is pricing: Microsoft hasn't announced that.
At the same time, we are definitely not straying from our traditional software sales model. There will always be a significant number of users for whom purchasing a perpetual license to the latest version of Office is still the best choice. “Albany” just gives customers more choice and addresses the needs of those customers who value having the latest and greatest version of Microsoft Office.
If they make the price attractive enough, this might appeal to consumers. Naturally if successful Microsoft might apply this model across their line of productivity sofware.
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