On 1/10/01 12:57 PM, "Rick Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 2:11 PM -0600 1/10/01, Word.Net wrote:
>
>> Third, Office 2001 for OS X was demonstrated publicly for the first time.
>> Contrary to the modest change in product name, Browne told the crowd that it
>> "represents a major upgrade," far beyond Carbonization. The software will be
>> ready in the fall, and upgrades from previous versions (including Office
>> 2001) will be $299. Users who purchase Office 2001 today, and for a limited,
>> will be able to upgrade for $149. Office 2001 for OS X is not on demo at
>> Microsoft's booth, however. "
>>
>> Any word on us current users getting the $149 upgrade price?
>
> Ouch! Just a few months ago I shelled out over $300 with tax for an upgrade
> from Office 98 to 2001. That would be an upgrade cost of over $600 within
> the space of one year! Holy mackerel! Is this right?
Well you can thank Apple for that. Had there not been an OS X release and so
much pressure to release a version of Mac Office for OS X we would have
released the "next" version of Office on our usual 18 month development
cycle. Instead, we are busting our buts to get a version out as soon as
humanely possible, which results in about a year after we released the OS 9
version. We know that customers will want to use OS X soon after it ships
and will want a native version of Office to go with it.
OS X is no free lunch. It's is very expensive and time consuming to bring a
suite like Office to X. In many ways it is as significant a task for us as
developing Office 2001. Adobe will likely charge a similar upgrade as well.
-Omar
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Program Manager - Entourage:mac - Macintosh Business Unit
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