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2021-02-18, 17:27

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Originally Posted by pscates2.0 View Post
Not sure if it's a fluke/one-off thing,
Nope.

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Originally Posted by pscates2.0 View Post
or a sign of the pendulum swinging back in the other direction a bit
Nor that.

Microsoft has continued to do non-subscription releases every ~2-4 years, for most of their product lineup.

Like, you can even buy just individual products, like Excel 2019 for $140, if you like.

So, I wouldn't extrapolate a shift from this. There's probably some beancounters at MS that hope that the amount of people who still buy this variant eventually reaches below 1% or whatever threshold they pick, and then they kill it off.
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