Recently Microsoft announced that the legacy com add-ons being supported going forward.  One of the problems that this creates is it breaks what seems to be the Microsoft model going forward.  Microsoft seems to be pushing everyone towards a provisioning model.

We created add-ons as a company because Microsoft was lacking features that we in the Enterprise needed.  Now we have been addicted to these add-ons.  These have become a fundamental part of our businesses.

Here are some of the problems that exist with add-ons now

• No lifetime for add-ons
• Native Support
• Support from vendors
• Upgrades and working on pro plus
• What about Web views?