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Re:Facebook Employees Are Reportedly Deleting Controversial ... by bogomipz on Saturday March 31, 2018 @08:37PM (#16726003)
No "software applications made available in a browser" is not the single defining characteristic of SaaS. SaaS is foremost a licensing and delivery model although it is often accessed via a browser it is not a prerequisite. There are SasS offerings with desktop integration points, sync clients, native iOS apps etc.
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Re:Facebook Employees Are Reportedly Deleting Controversial ... by mcny on Saturday March 31, 2018 @09:16PM (#16726135)
Sorry if this is an obvious question: would you call Microsoft Office 365 a software as a service? They charge per user per month I think.
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Re:Facebook Employees Are Reportedly Deleting Controversial ... by bogomipz on Sunday April 01, 2018 @08:30AM (#16727918)
Yes I would consider Microsoft Office 365 a SaaS offering. It's licensing is done via a subscription and delivery is via infrastructure managed by MS.
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