As a person wondering if I'd have to go 'subscription' in future to accommodate OS upgrades, this is definitely of interest to me. I just use Excel and Word, and probably only about 10% of the features, so subscription was not appealing. I see that a CNet announcement included this information:
"They will also ship both 32- and 64-bit versions, according to the post. Microsoft will support the software for five years, and said it does not plan to change the price at the time of release"The post CNet refers to is a company blog.
Edit: In fairness, I decided to give Numbers another 'kick at the can', given I haven't looked at it for a very long time.....and maybe there have been changes to make it more 'Excel-like'. I have done an import of a complicated file (as in, many worksheets) and the import was both fast and smooth. A quick peek suggests there have been improvements.....but I need to spend a bit of time with it.
