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Bet 884

Duration 5 years (02021-02026)

"In five years' time, by December 31, 2026, essential enterprise
software, specifically MS Office for business and Avid Pro Tools for
film, will be metered in seconds, rather than distributed in a sales
or monthly subscription model."

PREDICTOR
John V Corbett

CHALLENGER
Unchallenged

Corbett's Argument

The first software was designed for, or sold to individual hardware
manufacturers and distributed free with the hardware. In the next
stage it was sold directly to end users. Next, it was sold under a
subscription model to end users. In five years, it will be metered by
the nanosecond to end users. This is not only predictable, but
inevitable.

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