Way off-topic:

I have a question for people who understand software.

I use Microsoft Office Professional 2007. According to Microsoft, they will end support for Office this year. As such, they are promoting moving to Office 360.

Reading what they have to say about it, I am unclear if this new software requires an Internet connexion in a First World country to use it (the main program being stored with Microsoft and not on my own computer) or no.

As best as I can tell, you don’t get any security or any other updates with Outlook 2016 - you have to buy it again if you want updates.

The help file is singularly unhelpful (that is, it was written by a software engineer and not a software user).

Does this mean I should now look for a different company’s software because Microsoft doesn’t want to deal with rural customers any more, or did I misunderstand what they’re doing here?

Plus they want $400 for that one-time no update purchase. That is so far out of my budget I can never work that in.

Although Trump gets derided a lot for “economically-anxious rural voters” the fact remains a lot of us really are, still struggling with Third World infrastructure and exorbitant costs to provide things like FOOD to wealthy portions of the nation. (During the campaign season here there was a lot of local grumbling suggesting farmers and ranchers stop selling food - the idea being we can eat cattle but coastal cities and states can’t eat asphalt and glass). /rant off

Anyway, if someone can tell me if I need something like a continuous Internet connexion or different software I would appreciate it.
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