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Microsoft punishes idiots who purchased a "perpetual" license of Office 2019 for Mac by disabling it next month, pirates unaffected (www.theverge.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/48806122

A license verification certificate expires and when it expires, Microsoft Office for Mac assumes it's unlicensed even if it has been fully paid for.

So, any idiot who paid for Office 2019 for Mac "perpetual" will lose access to it next month.

The same will happen with Office 2021 and Office 2024 in the future.

Pirates are unaffected, only who paid for the product gets punished

Good job 👍🏻

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[–] stylusmobilus@aussie.zone 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

That’s what I’m thinking

I bought the win version, because I have a five year old win 10 computer I’m using until win 10 is no longer supported, and I can’t get office for free anymore.

When win 10 is no longer supported, that’s a Linux computer.

Would I be an idiot, if they cancelled support for mine? I guess so. I’m waiting for some edgelord to tell me I am, probably accompanied by y0u sH00d jUsT g0 LinUx n0w

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, no rush.

Come on over to the Linux side when it suits you. You're welcome to the family when you're ready and that computer is ready. 🤟

[–] stylusmobilus@aussie.zone 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Certainly will be, this is definitely the last windows I’m running. Cheers.

It was my sons school computer and it’s running education which for win 10 I have been happy with. One son has ditched win 11 and is running Bazzite now. The other is wound back to win 10 I think, but he’ll move

I’m in the process of deciding which distro to move on; I manage my sons NDIS so that’s front and centre; security of federal government records and claims.

[–] KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Unless you have a specific use case in mind, or have a particular distribution that interests you, I can wholeheartedly recommend Fedora (GNOME or KDE version, either is good). I've not had any issues with it for a few years (I think I had some trouble with it in 2022, but nothing since then).

[–] stylusmobilus@aussie.zone 1 points 1 hour ago

Thank you, not exactly no, just stable and secure.

I don’t game on it, just book keeping and I do a bit of correspondence. But yeah I need security because the federal government require me to keep records and I make claims through their portal. That’s particularly important now that what I’ve been doing for the last five years will soon become federal law.

The other thing is I’m not fond of allowing the American tech giants access to those parts of my records. Fortunately excel isn’t required for it. At this time the only American tech involved with it is MS.