Comments on: Is $60 too much for Microsoft Office? http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/ Tom Raftery, social media consultant, speaker, blogger and podcaster Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:39:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Greg at Quantum Leap Technologies http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-117342 Greg at Quantum Leap Technologies Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:35:37 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-117342 Dude, That is a great price if you can still get it. I do have to agree with James above that they are shooting their retailers in the foot. I'm not sure who makes those decisions, but I'd like to meet them. :) Regards, Greg Dude,

That is a great price if you can still get it. I do have to agree with James above that they are shooting their retailers in the foot. I’m not sure who makes those decisions, but I’d like to meet them. :)

Regards,

Greg

]]> By: fabs http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110779 fabs Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:40:41 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110779 Are you kidding? Great deal. None of the free offerigsg are even close. Dont take my word for it, red the reviews. Smart move by MSFT but a GREAT deal anyhow. Are you kidding? Great deal. None of the free offerigsg are even close. Dont take my word for it, red the reviews. Smart move by MSFT but a GREAT deal anyhow.

]]> By: James http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110651 James Fri, 14 Sep 2007 05:41:48 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110651 Blast it Microsoft! How do you expect us to sell Office 2007 Pro Plus at the formerly super-low price of $89 to college students now?! First you shoot yourselves in the foot, and now you're shooting your retailers?! Maniacal complaints aside, it is a good deal, but it's ultimately propaganda to force everyone else to upgrade as the massive world-wide student body will now be transferring files saved in Office 2007-only formats. Blast it Microsoft! How do you expect us to sell Office 2007 Pro Plus at the formerly super-low price of $89 to college students now?! First you shoot yourselves in the foot, and now you’re shooting your retailers?!

Maniacal complaints aside, it is a good deal, but it’s ultimately propaganda to force everyone else to upgrade as the massive world-wide student body will now be transferring files saved in Office 2007-only formats.

]]> By: Damien Mulley http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110643 Damien Mulley Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:18:08 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110643 Also Tom, isn't the Mac version for students still close to 200 quid? Also Tom, isn’t the Mac version for students still close to 200 quid?

]]> By: Damien Mulley http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110642 Damien Mulley Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:15:38 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110642 60 Euros is a very fair price but the issue is I don't have Office on my new computer or the ugly open Office or anything like that. Google Docs is far easier for me to use now. 60 Euros is a very fair price but the issue is I don’t have Office on my new computer or the ugly open Office or anything like that. Google Docs is far easier for me to use now.

]]> By: Sean http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110639 Sean Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:50:37 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110639 @Conor: I actually hate Outlook, Thunderbird [not that great] but mostly Gmail interface for me, can get to it anywhere and it has everything I need! @Conor: I actually hate Outlook, Thunderbird [not that great] but mostly Gmail interface for me, can get to it anywhere and it has everything I need!

]]> By: Antoin O Lachtnain http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110638 Antoin O Lachtnain Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:49:30 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110638 Have you actually tried to run office 2007? It's useless. The user interface is buggered. Everything is in the wrong place. The whole thing is slow unless you've got a lot of juice in the computer. I keep saying this, but the day of the traditional office app is coming to an end. Who wants a word processor to do printed documents? Most people coming to computers for the first time now are interested in doing research and putting togther online documents and emails and tracking online sources, not setting margins. Have you actually tried to run office 2007? It’s useless. The user interface is buggered. Everything is in the wrong place. The whole thing is slow unless you’ve got a lot of juice in the computer.

I keep saying this, but the day of the traditional office app is coming to an end. Who wants a word processor to do printed documents? Most people coming to computers for the first time now are interested in doing research and putting togther online documents and emails and tracking online sources, not setting margins.

]]> By: Derek http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110632 Derek Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:25:08 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110632 TBH I don't think it worth even bringing Google's office apps into the discussion until they pass the remedial functionality stage. It's like comparing rocket ships to pogo sticks. Personally, I think it would be far better for Microsoft to give away Visual Studio Professional for 60 bucks (or better yet for free) than Office to students. The Windows platform will be in serious trouble without a continuous influx of new developer blood and they've been losing hearts and minds on that front for a while now. TBH I don’t think it worth even bringing Google’s office apps into the discussion until they pass the remedial functionality stage. It’s like comparing rocket ships to pogo sticks.

Personally, I think it would be far better for Microsoft to give away Visual Studio Professional for 60 bucks (or better yet for free) than Office to students.

The Windows platform will be in serious trouble without a continuous influx of new developer blood and they’ve been losing hearts and minds on that front for a while now.

]]> By: David Stuart http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110631 David Stuart Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:55:10 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110631 Don't they already have the students 'hearts and minds' as microsoft office is packed onto every college and university computer? ...and most of the students I know would happily save the money and get a dodgy copy...however cheap the official one was. Don’t they already have the students ‘hearts and minds’ as microsoft office is packed onto every college and university computer?

…and most of the students I know would happily save the money and get a dodgy copy…however cheap the official one was.

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110630 Tom Raftery Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:21:32 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110630 @Sean - absolutely! @Conor - I'm not keen on Outlook, I much prefer the clean simple interface on Apple's Mail app @Ken - You never took advantage of Adobe's Free Software for Schools program? All you need to apply for a license you need to need to submit on Feb 30th and be accompanied by your grandparents and their grandparents! @Paul - It is all about hearts and minds Paul! Get 'em when they are young and impressionable. To my mind it is, at best, a band-aid solution not long-term sustainable thinking. @Sean - absolutely!
@Conor - I’m not keen on Outlook, I much prefer the clean simple interface on Apple’s Mail app
@Ken - You never took advantage of Adobe’s Free Software for Schools program? All you need to apply for a license you need to need to submit on Feb 30th and be accompanied by your grandparents and their grandparents!
@Paul - It is all about hearts and minds Paul! Get ‘em when they are young and impressionable.

To my mind it is, at best, a band-aid solution not long-term sustainable thinking.

]]> By: Paul Browne - Technology and People http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110628 Paul Browne - Technology and People Thu, 13 Sep 2007 07:15:45 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110628 Most students will find $60, given that the alternative is to get a dodgy copy (for free) from a friend. Think Irish Times had a piece on this , including photograph in the last couple of days (in relation to software for schools) - good PR for Microsoft but annoying as a taxpayer knowing that schools shouldn't be paying anything and use OpenOffice instead. Paul Most students will find $60, given that the alternative is to get a dodgy copy (for free) from a friend.

Think Irish Times had a piece on this , including photograph in the last couple of days (in relation to software for schools) - good PR for Microsoft but annoying as a taxpayer knowing that schools shouldn’t be paying anything and use OpenOffice instead.

Paul

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]]> By: Microsoft Office: $60 to students « AccMan http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110626 Microsoft Office: $60 to students « AccMan Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:31:31 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110626 [...] Tom Raftery nails it when he asserts: Even if Microsoft succeed in getting students to buy-in to Office Ultimate, it is painless to leave Office because the alternatives are free! With that in mind, even $60 seems a lot to ask - Microsoft are going to have to change their business model eventually. [...] [...] Tom Raftery nails it when he asserts: Even if Microsoft succeed in getting students to buy-in to Office Ultimate, it is painless to leave Office because the alternatives are free! With that in mind, even $60 seems a lot to ask - Microsoft are going to have to change their business model eventually. [...]

]]> By: Ken McGuire http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110623 Ken McGuire Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:40:57 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110623 Give me a call when Adobe start following suit. A student version of Photoshop and Illustrator would have gone down a treat a few years ago in college, I'd happily have forked out 60 bucks for it if it saved me hours hanging around college labs! Give me a call when Adobe start following suit. A student version of Photoshop and Illustrator would have gone down a treat a few years ago in college, I’d happily have forked out 60 bucks for it if it saved me hours hanging around college labs!

]]> By: Conor http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110620 Conor Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:42:01 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110620 I don't know about you guys, but I've found no open source mail client to come close to working as well as Outlook. I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve found no open source mail client to come close to working as well as Outlook.

]]> By: Sean http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110618 Sean Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:31:26 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-60-too-much-for-microsoft-office/#comment-110618 Decent enough! Though i could get open office which does the exact same thing free.. :| Decent enough! Though i could get open office which does the exact same thing free.. :|

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