Office 365

[plaster]

Did not microsoft think before name there new product 'Office 365' because it raises two questions 1. Every four years is it going to stop working ? 2. Why does the old version not work 365 days of the year ?

[Dalek Dave]

365.25 makes it look like an upgrade.

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[Christopher Duncan]

plaster wrote:

1. Every four years is it going to stop working ?

That would be a major improvement, so I think it's worth bragging about.

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[Lost User]

Have they gone into partnership with a BSkyB subsidiary to release it?

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Dalek Dave wrote:

365.25 makes it look like an upgrade.

I would rethink that upgrade, for that preclude an apparent technological leap every four years, which, in fact would simply be catch-up.

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[Nemanja Trifunovic]

Not that I can understand marketing people, but let me try:

plaster wrote:

1. Every four years is it going to stop working ?

As any geek would notice. Most people are not geeks and "365" is a pretty common brand in marketing ( for instance Whole Foods Market 365[^]

plaster wrote:

Why does the old version not work 365 days of the year ?

There is no old version. BPOS was beta, and Office 365 is basically 1.0.

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[Pualee]

Nah, it'll work fine, you just have to change your calendar back/forward a year.