On 11/12/01 11:23 AM, "Allen Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It took some time with the scripts to find that it was not recognizing the > AE codes for Entourage. Then the fellow checked the packaging and found that > it does inform the user of the evisceration that has been performed on the > software. What it does not do is to alert the user to the <significance> of > that removal. I am appalled that Microsoft has foisted such a crippled > package on the world. Frankly, the primary reason I am using Entourage is > its superior scripting support; I'd probably be using some other, free > client (very likely Outlook Express or even Claris Emailer) if Entourage did > not have scripting. It also says so on the blurb at the MacTopia Office website. $149 instead of $375 really is a huge savings. And you're entitled to the same $150 upgrade price to the full Office v. X that users of the full Office 2001 get, I think. (Or maybe it's only to the equivalent apps, I'm not sure.) And, as jud said, very few users ever use scripts (silly them). I think it's a very reasonable marketing decision. They have been charging $275 just for (full) Word or (full) Excel. At $275, they should get scripting, but for $149? (SE is also missing VBA in Word.) I know of at least one other person (I don't think it was Dan M.) who returned SE and got the full Office 2001 just to be able to use our scripts (yours and mine). Now if only they gave us a commission... Or maybe that's what the MVP award is for. (Allen has just been made an MVP, as I was a year ago.) So marketing seems to have known what they were doing. -- Paul Berkowitz -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
