On Apr 23, 2014, at 11:43 AM, Cygler, Miroslaw <miroslaw.cyg...@usask.ca> wrote:
> They do not offer the option of purchasing the software and using the > obtained version without time limitation. This policy is very different from > many other software packages, which one can use without continuing licensing > fees and additional fees are only when an upgrade is needed. At least I > believe that Office, EndNote, Photoshop and others are distributed this way. Office 365 is $10 a month, Adobe Creative Cloud (what used to be their Creative Suite) is $50 a month with an annual commitment. Licensing the use of software on a time-limited basis as a business model seems like it's going to stick around. --------------------------------------------- Francis E. Reyes PhD 215 UCB University of Colorado at Boulder ----------------------------------------------
