Don’t forget GMAC - General Motors Acceptance Corp. The joke back then was that GM was a perennial money loser and only existed as a loss leader, just so GMAC could make loans.
I was talking to a customer, a tax policy guru about some of the challenges with corporate taxation. My suggestion to him was to implement an excise tax on O365 and GSuite, as those products are probably more reliable metrics of business activity than payroll and other measures. Plus, Microsoft is better at compliance than most tax authorities.
It makes it a hell of a lot easier for the admins too, just buy a license for each user and it works. No worrying about license, needing to update to latest version etc in big jumps. Plus many people were paying for additional 'support' anyway.
As a non enterprise end user, it's the worst thing in the world. Like Adobe stuff for example. I'm sure the model works fine for businesses, but it's horrific as an average user. I just want Photoshop on my pc. I dont care if its the latest version. I just need a version of it that I can buy and use and not have to budget in forever.
Give me an option for monthly updates and save the daily updates for product testers and people who aren't happy if they aren't running their PC on software's bleeding edge.
Also, I as an individual shouldn't be expected to pay monthly for using the software that is already paid for and installed on my machine. That process should be for corporate licensing, and individuals should be able to pay once and be done with it.
Source: https://global.toyota/pages/global_toyota/ir/financial-resul... (See Supplement 2)