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How is it cheapest in the long run to pay more every year?
If you're hosting websites and developing your own products then great - but for the typical contractor that's not the case. Hence my comment about some of us being atypical. MAPS is a very large product offering and incredibly cheap for what you get, but if you don't use it it's still expensive. A bit like me getting a really great deal on an Audi when I work from home and never drive anywhere.
This whole "I don't need to watch what I spend" attitude is also incredibly bad. It's new money foolishness, not how successful businesses work. Buy the tools you need at the best price, end of. I need Visual Studio for coding, and Word/Excel a few times a month. I don't need a full-blown SqlServer installation, Exchange Server, an Azure cloud 24/7, etc. If you do, great.
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Originally posted by d000hg View Post£165/yr for Office is pretty much the most expensive way of doing it. Not everyone, or even most people, need everything in the Action Pack - I haven't been a member for several years to know what you get but I still have about 3 large folders full of discs I never used; I think I used Office, Windows and that was about it. For a fledgling business it's an incredible deal but for the typical contractor (of course some of us aren't typical) I'm less certain. Especially now VS Community Edition is so crazy-good.
VS Community and any MSDN sub can't be compared as the licenses are for development only and if you use them to host YourCo e-mail or website with them for example you are in breach of the license.
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£165/yr for Office is pretty much the most expensive way of doing it. Not everyone, or even most people, need everything in the Action Pack - I haven't been a member for several years to know what you get but I still have about 3 large folders full of discs I never used; I think I used Office, Windows and that was about it. For a fledgling business it's an incredible deal but for the typical contractor (of course some of us aren't typical) I'm less certain. Especially now VS Community Edition is so crazy-good.
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Originally posted by psychocandy View PostI'll send you a pic of mine :-)
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Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View PostTo clarify, its not massive, just bigger than most
Seriously though, you have spectacularly missed the point, it would likely take around 2 hours of my time all told.
So, not worth it to me.
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Originally posted by sal View PostMS Action pack costs £165/year(with a 50% code and there is one almost all the time) gives you 5xO365 E3 licenses among scores of other MS licenses and £60ish/Month Azure it's a real no brainer.
PC is probably one of the most errrm "careful" people with his cash on CUK.
The fact that often, in the long run, this much cheapness costs him more is beyond him.
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MS Action pack costs £165/year (with a 50% code and there is one almost all the time) gives you 5xO365 E3 licenses among scores of other MS licenses and £60ish/Month Azure it's a real no brainer.
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Originally posted by psychocandy View PostWhooosh as MM waves his massive willy.....
Seriously though, you have spectacularly missed the point, it would likely take around 2 hours of my time all told.
So, not worth it to me.
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Seems like a lot of aggro just to save 60 quid.
I make far more than that an hour
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Cheapest way to get O365?
I've heard you can buy a cheap tab with O365 included upgrade to O365 home for one month and then cancel. Then you get to keep o365 home subscription.
Anyone ever try this?Tags: None
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