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Make older versions free
I have a suggestion regarding Microsoft Word. How about offering the older
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"thebigdintexas" wrote
I have a suggestion regarding Microsoft Word. How about offering the older version for free when the latest version, such as in Office 2007, is released. Microsoft could switch the older version to ad supported or something, then offer it for free. Comments? Would they qualify for upgrades? If so, I doubt MS would go along with the idea. -- Bob http://www.kanyak.com |
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Good point.....would have to add "does not qualify for a discounted upgrade"
to my suggestion along with ad-supported. Thanks. "Opinicus" wrote: "thebigdintexas" wrote I have a suggestion regarding Microsoft Word. How about offering the older version for free when the latest version, such as in Office 2007, is released. Microsoft could switch the older version to ad supported or something, then offer it for free. Comments? Would they qualify for upgrades? If so, I doubt MS would go along with the idea. -- Bob http://www.kanyak.com |
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To some extent I think this has happened. I have read stories about MS
making older (much older) versions of Windows available for no-frills computers being distributed in developing countries. I think you can be pretty sure that MS will never make available freely any version that is still supported (support is very expensive). Support for Word 97 has already been dropped, and Word 2000 will move out of support when Word 2007 is released, so these are the most recent versions that you could expect to see offered free. Keep in mind that many large corporations are still using Word 2000. Much of the volume user base is very slow upgrade because of custom solutions that have been prepared for specific versions. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "thebigdintexas" wrote in message ... I have a suggestion regarding Microsoft Word. How about offering the older version for free when the latest version, such as in Office 2007, is released. Microsoft could switch the older version to ad supported or something, then offer it for free. Comments? |
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One consideration - among numerous others:
How do you propose the distribution of these charitable donations be handled? Is MS supposed to ship free to anyone who asks? Perhaps UPS or FedEx would be willing to chip in - better yet, the USPS could be mandated to handle it gratis, after all it would only increase postal rates a modest 25-30%. Or would the product be stuffed into cereal boxes as a promotional item? And who bears the cost of this distribution? Perhaps you'd be willing to donate a few hours a week to making home deliveries? Even if you're now thinking "download" - which isn't practicable for a number of reasons, but even if it were - consider the likelihood that most anyone not able to pay the price for their software probably doesn't have a high speed connection in the first place. That basically leaves you with those who *can* afford it but aren't *willing* to pay for it. Ergo, any costs incurred by such a program have to be recouped from the sale of current product, which in itself would be curtailed by the freebie system, resulting in even higher prices for the rest of us. I'm not sure what your location is - despite your addy - but here in the good ol' US of A I'm just one of many who are getting tired of footing the bill for freeloaders. Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 11/19/06 11:47 AM, in article , "thebigdintexas" wrote: Good point.....would have to add "does not qualify for a discounted upgrade" to my suggestion along with ad-supported. Thanks. "Opinicus" wrote: "thebigdintexas" wrote I have a suggestion regarding Microsoft Word. How about offering the older version for free when the latest version, such as in Office 2007, is released. Microsoft could switch the older version to ad supported or something, then offer it for free. Comments? Would they qualify for upgrades? If so, I doubt MS would go along with the idea. -- Bob http://www.kanyak.com |
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yes, i was thinking of making it available for download only, or partner with
some advertisers to include flyer advertisements in the mail along with a disk maybe to cover the cost of the disk and shipping. i think many people who pay for high speed internet such as myself would not pay the money for it, but would use a free ad supported version of it. They need to do something like this cause losing many to open office...which isn't even ad supported! cyberTaz" wrote: One consideration - among numerous others: How do you propose the distribution of these charitable donations be handled? Is MS supposed to ship free to anyone who asks? Perhaps UPS or FedEx would be willing to chip in - better yet, the USPS could be mandated to handle it gratis, after all it would only increase postal rates a modest 25-30%. Or would the product be stuffed into cereal boxes as a promotional item? And who bears the cost of this distribution? Perhaps you'd be willing to donate a few hours a week to making home deliveries? Even if you're now thinking "download" - which isn't practicable for a number of reasons, but even if it were - consider the likelihood that most anyone not able to pay the price for their software probably doesn't have a high speed connection in the first place. That basically leaves you with those who *can* afford it but aren't *willing* to pay for it. Ergo, any costs incurred by such a program have to be recouped from the sale of current product, which in itself would be curtailed by the freebie system, resulting in even higher prices for the rest of us. I'm not sure what your location is - despite your addy - but here in the good ol' US of A I'm just one of many who are getting tired of footing the bill for freeloaders. Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 11/19/06 11:47 AM, in article , "thebigdintexas" wrote: Good point.....would have to add "does not qualify for a discounted upgrade" to my suggestion along with ad-supported. Thanks. "Opinicus" wrote: "thebigdintexas" wrote I have a suggestion regarding Microsoft Word. How about offering the older version for free when the latest version, such as in Office 2007, is released. Microsoft could switch the older version to ad supported or something, then offer it for free. Comments? Would they qualify for upgrades? If so, I doubt MS would go along with the idea. -- Bob http://www.kanyak.com |
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Taz -
There are at least two of us who are tired of people who expect something for nothing. I guess working for a living and having to pay for luxury items is an old-fashioned idea. (And yes, owning a computer and having Microsoft Office installed on it are luxury items. I know a lot of people who don't have a computer and are doing just fine. I'll bet that after I went thru (a lengthy) withdrawal, I could do it too.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "CyberTaz" wrote in message .. . One consideration - among numerous others: How do you propose the distribution of these charitable donations be handled? Is MS supposed to ship free to anyone who asks? Perhaps UPS or FedEx would be willing to chip in - better yet, the USPS could be mandated to handle it gratis, after all it would only increase postal rates a modest 25-30%. Or would the product be stuffed into cereal boxes as a promotional item? And who bears the cost of this distribution? Perhaps you'd be willing to donate a few hours a week to making home deliveries? Even if you're now thinking "download" - which isn't practicable for a number of reasons, but even if it were - consider the likelihood that most anyone not able to pay the price for their software probably doesn't have a high speed connection in the first place. That basically leaves you with those who *can* afford it but aren't *willing* to pay for it. Ergo, any costs incurred by such a program have to be recouped from the sale of current product, which in itself would be curtailed by the freebie system, resulting in even higher prices for the rest of us. I'm not sure what your location is - despite your addy - but here in the good ol' US of A I'm just one of many who are getting tired of footing the bill for freeloaders. Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 11/19/06 11:47 AM, in article , "thebigdintexas" wrote: Good point.....would have to add "does not qualify for a discounted upgrade" to my suggestion along with ad-supported. Thanks. "Opinicus" wrote: "thebigdintexas" wrote I have a suggestion regarding Microsoft Word. How about offering the older version for free when the latest version, such as in Office 2007, is released. Microsoft could switch the older version to ad supported or something, then offer it for free. Comments? Would they qualify for upgrades? If so, I doubt MS would go along with the idea. -- Bob http://www.kanyak.com |
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yes, i was thinking of making it available for download only, or
partner with some advertisers to include flyer advertisements in the mail along with a disk maybe to cover the cost of the disk and shipping. i think many people who pay for high speed internet such as myself would not pay the money for it, but would use a free ad supported version of it. They need to do The point is that you have the money, but aren't willing to pay for it. It's not that you don't have the money. something like this cause losing many to open office...which isn't even ad supported! Many? You have a skewed world view. MS Office has more than 90% of the market and OpenOffice is barely making a dent into MS sales. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed cyberTaz" wrote: One consideration - among numerous others: How do you propose the distribution of these charitable donations be handled? Is MS supposed to ship free to anyone who asks? Perhaps UPS or FedEx would be willing to chip in - better yet, the USPS could be mandated to handle it gratis, after all it would only increase postal rates a modest 25-30%. Or would the product be stuffed into cereal boxes as a promotional item? And who bears the cost of this distribution? Perhaps you'd be willing to donate a few hours a week to making home deliveries? Even if you're now thinking "download" - which isn't practicable for a number of reasons, but even if it were - consider the likelihood that most anyone not able to pay the price for their software probably doesn't have a high speed connection in the first place. That basically leaves you with those who *can* afford it but aren't *willing* to pay for it. Ergo, any costs incurred by such a program have to be recouped from the sale of current product, which in itself would be curtailed by the freebie system, resulting in even higher prices for the rest of us. I'm not sure what your location is - despite your addy - but here in the good ol' US of A I'm just one of many who are getting tired of footing the bill for freeloaders. Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 11/19/06 11:47 AM, in article , "thebigdintexas" wrote: Good point.....would have to add "does not qualify for a discounted upgrade" to my suggestion along with ad-supported. Thanks. "Opinicus" wrote: "thebigdintexas" wrote I have a suggestion regarding Microsoft Word. How about offering the older version for free when the latest version, such as in Office 2007, is released. Microsoft could switch the older version to ad supported or something, then offer it for free. Comments? Would they qualify for upgrades? If so, I doubt MS would go along with the idea. -- Bob http://www.kanyak.com |
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i just think that the people who would download and use the free,
ad-supported, older version, would not be the people who are going to buy the new version anyway, so Microsoft would at least get the ad money off of these people using it. "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote: yes, i was thinking of making it available for download only, or partner with some advertisers to include flyer advertisements in the mail along with a disk maybe to cover the cost of the disk and shipping. i think many people who pay for high speed internet such as myself would not pay the money for it, but would use a free ad supported version of it. They need to do The point is that you have the money, but aren't willing to pay for it. It's not that you don't have the money. something like this cause losing many to open office...which isn't even ad supported! Many? You have a skewed world view. MS Office has more than 90% of the market and OpenOffice is barely making a dent into MS sales. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed cyberTaz" wrote: One consideration - among numerous others: How do you propose the distribution of these charitable donations be handled? Is MS supposed to ship free to anyone who asks? Perhaps UPS or FedEx would be willing to chip in - better yet, the USPS could be mandated to handle it gratis, after all it would only increase postal rates a modest 25-30%. Or would the product be stuffed into cereal boxes as a promotional item? And who bears the cost of this distribution? Perhaps you'd be willing to donate a few hours a week to making home deliveries? Even if you're now thinking "download" - which isn't practicable for a number of reasons, but even if it were - consider the likelihood that most anyone not able to pay the price for their software probably doesn't have a high speed connection in the first place. That basically leaves you with those who *can* afford it but aren't *willing* to pay for it. Ergo, any costs incurred by such a program have to be recouped from the sale of current product, which in itself would be curtailed by the freebie system, resulting in even higher prices for the rest of us. I'm not sure what your location is - despite your addy - but here in the good ol' US of A I'm just one of many who are getting tired of footing the bill for freeloaders. Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 11/19/06 11:47 AM, in article , "thebigdintexas" wrote: Good point.....would have to add "does not qualify for a discounted upgrade" to my suggestion along with ad-supported. Thanks. "Opinicus" wrote: "thebigdintexas" wrote I have a suggestion regarding Microsoft Word. How about offering the older version for free when the latest version, such as in Office 2007, is released. Microsoft could switch the older version to ad supported or something, then offer it for free. Comments? Would they qualify for upgrades? If so, I doubt MS would go along with the idea. -- Bob http://www.kanyak.com |
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The people who don't want to pay for software wouldn't use an ad supported
system either. They would use the same pirate versions that they have always used. This idea is a non starter. It makes no business sense to widen the availability of the product to a few cheapskates, when they already have the Office software market cornered. For the domestic market they produce Works (included with many new PCs) - and for the freeware market you have Wordpad - both of which can produce acceptable documents. In any case much of business is at least one version behind the current one. Many corporates are still using Office 2000 and I wonder how many of them will want to go through the pain and expense of retraining their staff to use Word 2007, which I feel may be a step too far for business? Microsoft will be supporting the users of Word 2003, at least, for a while longer. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org thebigdintexas wrote: i just think that the people who would download and use the free, ad-supported, older version, would not be the people who are going to buy the new version anyway, so Microsoft would at least get the ad money off of these people using it. "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote: yes, i was thinking of making it available for download only, or partner with some advertisers to include flyer advertisements in the mail along with a disk maybe to cover the cost of the disk and shipping. i think many people who pay for high speed internet such as myself would not pay the money for it, but would use a free ad supported version of it. They need to do The point is that you have the money, but aren't willing to pay for it. It's not that you don't have the money. something like this cause losing many to open office...which isn't even ad supported! Many? You have a skewed world view. MS Office has more than 90% of the market and OpenOffice is barely making a dent into MS sales. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed cyberTaz" wrote: One consideration - among numerous others: How do you propose the distribution of these charitable donations be handled? Is MS supposed to ship free to anyone who asks? Perhaps UPS or FedEx would be willing to chip in - better yet, the USPS could be mandated to handle it gratis, after all it would only increase postal rates a modest 25-30%. Or would the product be stuffed into cereal boxes as a promotional item? And who bears the cost of this distribution? Perhaps you'd be willing to donate a few hours a week to making home deliveries? Even if you're now thinking "download" - which isn't practicable for a number of reasons, but even if it were - consider the likelihood that most anyone not able to pay the price for their software probably doesn't have a high speed connection in the first place. That basically leaves you with those who *can* afford it but aren't *willing* to pay for it. Ergo, any costs incurred by such a program have to be recouped from the sale of current product, which in itself would be curtailed by the freebie system, resulting in even higher prices for the rest of us. I'm not sure what your location is - despite your addy - but here in the good ol' US of A I'm just one of many who are getting tired of footing the bill for freeloaders. Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 11/19/06 11:47 AM, in article , "thebigdintexas" wrote: Good point.....would have to add "does not qualify for a discounted upgrade" to my suggestion along with ad-supported. Thanks. "Opinicus" wrote: "thebigdintexas" wrote I have a suggestion regarding Microsoft Word. How about offering the older version for free when the latest version, such as in Office 2007, is released. Microsoft could switch the older version to ad supported or something, then offer it for free. Comments? Would they qualify for upgrades? If so, I doubt MS would go along with the idea. -- Bob http://www.kanyak.com |
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Corporations don't like using software though that is out of support. So
the end of Office 2000 support will force them to a newer version. Whether it's 2007 though, is a different question. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "Graham Mayor" wrote in message : The people who don't want to pay for software wouldn't use an ad supported system either. They would use the same pirate versions that they have always used. This idea is a non starter. It makes no business sense to widen the availability of the product to a few cheapskates, when they already have the Office software market cornered. For the domestic market they produce Works (included with many new PCs) - and for the freeware market you have Wordpad - both of which can produce acceptable documents. In any case much of business is at least one version behind the current one. Many corporates are still using Office 2000 and I wonder how many of them will want to go through the pain and expense of retraining their staff to use Word 2007, which I feel may be a step too far for business? Microsoft will be supporting the users of Word 2003, at least, for a while longer. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org thebigdintexas wrote: i just think that the people who would download and use the free, ad-supported, older version, would not be the people who are going to buy the new version anyway, so Microsoft would at least get the ad money off of these people using it. "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote: yes, i was thinking of making it available for download only, or partner with some advertisers to include flyer advertisements in the mail along with a disk maybe to cover the cost of the disk and shipping. i think many people who pay for high speed internet such as myself would not pay the money for it, but would use a free ad supported version of it. They need to do The point is that you have the money, but aren't willing to pay for it. It's not that you don't have the money. something like this cause losing many to open office...which isn't even ad supported! Many? You have a skewed world view. MS Office has more than 90% of the market and OpenOffice is barely making a dent into MS sales. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed cyberTaz" wrote: One consideration - among numerous others: How do you propose the distribution of these charitable donations be handled? Is MS supposed to ship free to anyone who asks? Perhaps UPS or FedEx would be willing to chip in - better yet, the USPS could be mandated to handle it gratis, after all it would only increase postal rates a modest 25-30%. Or would the product be stuffed into cereal boxes as a promotional item? And who bears the cost of this distribution? Perhaps you'd be willing to donate a few hours a week to making home deliveries? Even if you're now thinking "download" - which isn't practicable for a number of reasons, but even if it were - consider the likelihood that most anyone not able to pay the price for their software probably doesn't have a high speed connection in the first place. That basically leaves you with those who *can* afford it but aren't *willing* to pay for it. Ergo, any costs incurred by such a program have to be recouped from the sale of current product, which in itself would be curtailed by the freebie system, resulting in even higher prices for the rest of us. I'm not sure what your location is - despite your addy - but here in the good ol' US of A I'm just one of many who are getting tired of footing the bill for freeloaders. Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 11/19/06 11:47 AM, in article , "thebigdintexas" wrote: Good point.....would have to add "does not qualify for a discounted upgrade" to my suggestion along with ad-supported. Thanks. "Opinicus" wrote: "thebigdintexas" wrote I have a suggestion regarding Microsoft Word. How about offering the older version for free when the latest version, such as in Office 2007, is released. Microsoft could switch the older version to ad supported or something, then offer it for free. Comments? Would they qualify for upgrades? If so, I doubt MS would go along with the idea. -- Bob http://www.kanyak.com |
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Corporations dislike spending money even more.
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote in message ... Corporations don't like using software though that is out of support. So the end of Office 2000 support will force them to a newer version. Whether it's 2007 though, is a different question. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "Graham Mayor" wrote in message : The people who don't want to pay for software wouldn't use an ad supported system either. They would use the same pirate versions that they have always used. This idea is a non starter. It makes no business sense to widen the availability of the product to a few cheapskates, when they already have the Office software market cornered. For the domestic market they produce Works (included with many new PCs) - and for the freeware market you have Wordpad - both of which can produce acceptable documents. In any case much of business is at least one version behind the current one. Many corporates are still using Office 2000 and I wonder how many of them will want to go through the pain and expense of retraining their staff to use Word 2007, which I feel may be a step too far for business? Microsoft will be supporting the users of Word 2003, at least, for a while longer. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org thebigdintexas wrote: i just think that the people who would download and use the free, ad-supported, older version, would not be the people who are going to buy the new version anyway, so Microsoft would at least get the ad money off of these people using it. "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote: yes, i was thinking of making it available for download only, or partner with some advertisers to include flyer advertisements in the mail along with a disk maybe to cover the cost of the disk and shipping. i think many people who pay for high speed internet such as myself would not pay the money for it, but would use a free ad supported version of it. They need to do The point is that you have the money, but aren't willing to pay for it. It's not that you don't have the money. something like this cause losing many to open office...which isn't even ad supported! Many? You have a skewed world view. MS Office has more than 90% of the market and OpenOffice is barely making a dent into MS sales. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed cyberTaz" wrote: One consideration - among numerous others: How do you propose the distribution of these charitable donations be handled? Is MS supposed to ship free to anyone who asks? Perhaps UPS or FedEx would be willing to chip in - better yet, the USPS could be mandated to handle it gratis, after all it would only increase postal rates a modest 25-30%. Or would the product be stuffed into cereal boxes as a promotional item? And who bears the cost of this distribution? Perhaps you'd be willing to donate a few hours a week to making home deliveries? Even if you're now thinking "download" - which isn't practicable for a number of reasons, but even if it were - consider the likelihood that most anyone not able to pay the price for their software probably doesn't have a high speed connection in the first place. That basically leaves you with those who *can* afford it but aren't *willing* to pay for it. Ergo, any costs incurred by such a program have to be recouped from the sale of current product, which in itself would be curtailed by the freebie system, resulting in even higher prices for the rest of us. I'm not sure what your location is - despite your addy - but here in the good ol' US of A I'm just one of many who are getting tired of footing the bill for freeloaders. Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 11/19/06 11:47 AM, in article , "thebigdintexas" wrote: Good point.....would have to add "does not qualify for a discounted upgrade" to my suggestion along with ad-supported. Thanks. "Opinicus" wrote: "thebigdintexas" wrote I have a suggestion regarding Microsoft Word. How about offering the older version for free when the latest version, such as in Office 2007, is released. Microsoft could switch the older version to ad supported or something, then offer it for free. Comments? Would they qualify for upgrades? If so, I doubt MS would go along with the idea. -- Bob http://www.kanyak.com |
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