Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!toylet.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: The problem with not owning the software
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:15:25 +0800
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 16
Message-ID: <vkbuqd$18m92$2@toylet.eternal-september.org>
References: <Tn39P.50437$%aWb.4583@fx18.iad>
 <vk5vjq$3v34m$1@toylet.eternal-september.org>
 <nuy9P.28629$aTp4.27488@fx09.iad>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Injection-Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:15:26 +0100 (CET)
Injection-Info: toylet.eternal-september.org; posting-host="718e0a64b96efb562ec0d648b54d52af";
	logging-data="1333538"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18Sqa6qa3oUAkumFT7sthpl"
User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird
Cancel-Lock: sha1:Z1Rqoyv80HmLtNjbiad55hJvn7c=
Content-Language: en-US
In-Reply-To: <nuy9P.28629$aTp4.27488@fx09.iad>
Bytes: 1861

On 21/12/2024 8:26 pm, CrudeSausage wrote:
> Le 2024-12-21 à 03:52, Mr. Man-wai Chang a écrit :
>> On 20/12/2024 9:03 am, CrudeSausage wrote:
>>
>> It's not about "owning the software", but whether it requires a real-
>> time online account to work. The usual words are "standalone" and
>> "offline". :)
> 
> The moment you require an online account to verify if you are the person
> who bought the software, you don't own it.

If you really paid for it, the online check should still tell you that 
you own it, or at least, you have a "digital entitlement".  :)

Office 365 is not the same as the older standalone Office 2021. Well... 
I am still using 2007 and 2010.