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My first thought about this was, despite the attractive price, how many years of $69 subscription fees would it take before I had the package price of both Office and OneCare and the annual fee for OneCare. It seemed like an OK deal at that point. Then I read the details that the $69 annual fee also included free upgrades to future editions of both programs. Suddenly this seems like a real good deal.
I agree Jason that subscriptions of digital goods thus far haven't taken off like some hoped. Yet Office is the perfect product to experiment with subscriptions in a category other than media or anti-virus. Office has been around so long, it's cost to produce- even radically new versions such as 07- are relatively small. If this deal is still in place when Office 14 appears, I would be open to giving it a try.
And I really hope subscriptions take off- because anything that reduces the need for those elaborate packages that Office likes to come in is a good thing.
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