Don't worry, they are ahead of this.

Satya said some time ago that they expect soon to have more agents using Microsoft software than humans, and are working on transitioning their focus from serving humans to serving agents.

https://www.news18.com/business/satya-nadella-announces-micr...

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petilon 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

So they will switch to per-agent pricing instead of per-user. Fine, but that doesn't change the fact that Microsoft Office will become a just bunch of viewers as far as human usage is concerned. As far as generating Office documents, you can do that without using any Microsoft code.

	▲	yakz 8 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		This is one that's already true and "everyone" hasn't figured it out yet. But you don't really even need Office as a viewer, PDF is fine (for printable/portable fixed-layout) or just HTML. "Office" is a product that doesn't need to exist anymore, at least for the core apps. For day-to-day office work, you probably shouldn't be using those legacy apps, you should be reviewing portable document formats and asking an agent to make the revisions that you want.
	▲	dist-epoch 8 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		> For Microsoft, this shift means products like M365 will act as the foundational layer where AI agents operate. Users will still need places to store documents, manage projects, search files, and track workflows They bet on the online office suite (M365).
	▲	cromka 8 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		... and without the license, crucially!

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kelvinjps10 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

But why would openai and antrhopic pay them if they already libreoffice for free and why would users pay if they already have an Ai subscription