A $70 Microsoft Office deal skips the monthly 365 bill
THE SO WHAT
One-time Office licenses at ~$70 are a reminder that not every productivity seat needs to be on a subscription with cloud tie-in. If you’re modeling AI add-on revenue inside SaaS, assume a non-trivial slice of cost-sensitive users will keep gravitating to perpetual licenses and offline tools.
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