Microsoft Restores Transfer Rights To Office 2013 130
New submitter gewalker writes "Bowing to significant unfriendly customer feedback regarding its new 'no transfer' license for Office 2013, Microsoft has reconsidered and will now allow Office 2013 licenses to be transferred between computers. Actual license language will not be reflected for a few months for shipped products, but Microsoft will allow transfer of license effective immediately. Calls to customer support will be necessary, as the activation servers won't be updated for a few months."
Great (Score:5, Insightful)
This is a step in the right direction. Now if only unfriendly customer feedback would get them to retract Metro we'll really be in business.
Seriously though, how obvious was it that there would be a huge negative reaction to the change of licensing terms for Office? As usually, the more MBA's you get involved in things the dumber the collective IQ of an organization gets.
Fucking sleazebags (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Great (Score:5, Insightful)
When you have this kind of marketshare you keep pushing to the edge until consumers make you stop. Its all about trying to get away with as much as possible.
Hooray! Now, about the Windows 8 problem... (Score:5, Insightful)
Maybe more rational thinking is returning to the Big M.
Now, if only they would rethink the Windows 8 mess on desktops.
The car analogy? (Score:3, Insightful)
I bought some tires for my car and they came with locking lug-nuts. The lug-nuts are weird in that, once fastened, nobody can undo them except for the tire manufacturer. If I want to use the tires on another car, I have to call them and they will allow me to move the tires to a different vehicle.
And I would choose to buy these tires why?
Re:The car analogy? (Score:4, Insightful)
Several months? (Score:4, Insightful)
Colin Chapman (Score:5, Insightful)
It's like how Colin Chapman designed car frames: keep taking out pieces until it collapses under its own weight. Put the last piece back in. Do something outrageous and walk it back just one step, getting almost all of what you wanted.
Simple Business Sociopathy 101.
Re:a good move (Score:4, Insightful)
Then the question becomes: why would i take windows 8?
To get the free copy of Office, of course. Duh!
Companies don't get it (Score:4, Insightful)