Apparently Microsoft doesn't find the traditional software product distribution model too "taxing," unlike Adobe
""However, unlike Adobe, we think people's shift from packaged software to subscription services will take time," Patterson wrote.Unlike Adobe, Microsoft won't abandon packaged software | Microsoft - CNET News
How much time? Patterson wrote that "within a decade," Microsoft's customers will subscribe to its Web services. That echoes comments Office president Kurt DelBene made in an interview with CNET in January.
"In the meantime, we are committed to offering choice--premier software sold as a package and powerful services sold as a subscription," Patterson wrote."
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