Microsoft relents on tighter Office licensing restrictions

A few days ago, I reported Microsoft’s new policy of limiting Office installs to one computer forever. Apparently Microsoft heard the angry noise coming from the Internet, since they have now relented. You’re now allowed to transfer your Office license to another PC, although only every 90 days (except, apparently, in emergencies). No word on where they pulled that 90 from, but you can guess.

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Jeff Rivett has worked with and written about computers since the early 1980s. His first computer was an Apple II+, built by his father and heavily customized. Jeff's writing appeared in Computist Magazine in the 1980s, and he created and sold a game utility (Ultimaker 2, reviewed in the December 1983 Washington Apple Pi Journal) to international markets during the same period. Proceeds from writing, software sales, and contract programming gigs paid his way through university, earning him a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) degree at UWO. Jeff went on to work as a programmer, sysadmin, and manager in various industries. There's more on the About page, and on the Jeff Rivett Consulting site.

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