I have not found any deals for me or my associates that would bring
buying MSO for under $100. It looks like your people had bought
MSO-2010 and just bought the right to add in on a few more systems.
With the new pricing structure that MS is doing, i.e. renting that was
in a different thread, it will become expensive to buy MSO soon.
When I was using Windows for all my computer needs, I "sniffed out" as
many free packages as I could. I was not able to afford to buy the
software I needed and had to find legally free sources. I still
maintain a Windows software list page for such free packages, but I do
not look for those packages actively any more.
MS is talking about a "family plan" license for renting and installing
MSO on all of your household system for one low-price-per-year, but I
hate the idea of renting my software. [this idea was beaten to death in
a different thread so do not start it again here].
On 10/12/2012 08:58 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
WOW!!! I wish i had thought of it. It's brilliant! :)
Re: costs, my 'work' place (does it count as work if you enjoy it?) just bought
several MSO 2010 licenses for about £15 each. The newer MS office comes out
soon so there are all sorts of special offers, such as for charities, students,
and other vulnerable people. We have a chap that is excellent at sniffing out
such deals and being able to buy in bulk helps.
Regards from
Tom :)
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From: Gordon Burgess-Parker <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, 12 October 2012, 12:39
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice in MacWorld Australia
On 11/10/12 23:48, Andreas Säger wrote:
Windows users can run MS Office easily and for little money (if any). Why
should they use LibreOffice if all they want is cheap MS Office? Idealism?
Masochism?
They can also run WordPerfect, Lotus Smartsuite, Abiword and a number of other
applications. Why should you be so anti Windows users running LO?
The cheapest version of MS Office in the UK is Home and Student and costs about
£75. The free version (Office Starter) is crippled adware (and only contains
Word and Excel anyway), and that only comes with a machine that has a trial
version of Office 2010 installed. You can't download it from anywhere.
Surely it's better to get them running LO rather than a crippled version of
proprietary software? When I post in the MS Answers forums in reply to certain
questions I always suggest that if they can't afford to upgrade to the latest
Office version, that they have a look at LO. One or two MVPs do this as well.
Once Windows users begin to realise that they don't NEED MS Office products,
then it's only a short step to not needing Windows at all. :-)
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