On the tangent "SaaS vs FOSS" a comical story appeared on /. yesterday:
https://slashdot.org/story/19/02/06/197215/microsoft-really-doesnt-want-you-to-buy-office-2019
As usual with the glorious comments of the /. pack!
Software as a service as opposed to Free and Open Source Software [OT]
by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
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Re: Software as a service as opposed to Free and Open Source Software [OT]
by Colin Fraser -
This has been coming for a long time, the Dark Side pooh-poohed Scott McNealy when he suggested the first outline for SaaS in the mid- to late-1990's, but now they want people to consider using Office365 like a credit card, or other service, use it, pay the bill monthly. I'm looking forward to the day when someone comes out with a killer OS that can run on any hardware, with complementary apps. And the next version of Widows is going to out Chrome Google ChromeBooks... so they say.
Have a look at
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Oh.. and like any credit card, really not worth having..