Comments on: Buy Office Ultimate 07 for $75, 6% of retail price

By: John Wilson

John Wilson — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:53:05 +0000

I bought Microsoft Home and Student 2007. IT quit working and will not repair because Microsoft themselves blocked permission. Then, I am attending College, and still am, I got Microsoft Office Enterprise and the same thing happened. Microsoft blocked it from downloading 2 registry keys when I tried to repair it. Why is Microsoft blocking all this when I paid for both versions out of my pocket. I am teed off at Microsoft. I am in class now and have to use Microsoft Office 2007 but cannot since Microsoft is blocking the download of the registry keys. I do not know what to do?

By: Hamida Mangal

Hamida Mangal — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:07:27 +0000

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By: Wesley

Wesley — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:30:51 +0000

This is nothing really… check out channel8.msdn.com They are giving away SQL Developer version, MSVS 2005 Pro and MSVS 2008 Pro, Windows Server 2003 R2, and a 1 year sub to XNA…

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:42:23 +0000

I feel bad for all of you who have to pay for software I go to Univ of Pittsburgh and they give us Office 07 premium and Vista premium for free along with other software.

By: Microsoft Daily News

Microsoft Daily News — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:26:27 +0000

Office 2007 Ultimate $59.95 For Students…

Starting Tomorrow college students with a valid university email address will be able grab a copy of…

By: Josh's Windows Weblog

Josh's Windows Weblog — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:30:15 +0000

Office 2007 Ultimate $59.95 For Students…

Starting Tomorrow college students with a valid university email address will be able grab a copy of…

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:53:42 +0000

Eric…

Hey, great information, thanks again….

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How to profit from Microsoft - istartedsomething — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:19:05 +0000

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By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 03:58:29 +0000

I agree 100% with Luci.
If only they can do that also with vista premium!
I just installed and activated office, and can’t wait until they want to ’standardize’ also vista!
But unfortunately looks like it not gonna happen as the computers that are being sold now are being sold with vista.
Well i guess you can only hope…

By: Luci

Luci — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:15:45 +0000

Just last weekend a business consultant was telling me that MS Office 2007 is excellent, (Vista a nightmare), but there’s no point recommending it to his clients yet because no one has it – and therefore there is a compatibility issue when emailing files to others with older software.

This cheap software offer to students is actually a great way for microsoft to get high uptake of their new software without undermining their core professional buyers. Obviously few students could afford the full professional price – a price that is mostly only paid by businesses who use the software for commercial uses. This is why, even without this super cheap deal, MS sells the education edition for significantly less than the $1k+ price you quote ($211.65 for Office 2007 Home and Student;OR $254.15 for Office 2007 Professional Academic).

But, I’d say the super cheapness comes down less to the goodness of their heart and more to their need to quickly standardise Office 2007 as the normal platform without undermining their high paying customer base. Bloody good idea if you ask me.