Windows Vista isn't the only forthcoming Microsoft Corp. software for which Amazon.com Inc. has apparently pre-announced availability. The online retailer also is taking pre-orders for Microsoft Office 2007, and has listed that the day that product will be available is the same as Windows Vista: Jan. 30, 2007.
Microsoft on Wednesday still would not confirm the exact availability of Office, continuing to maintain in a statement through its public relations firm that the system will be available to business customers by the end of the year, and consumers in early 2007. On Tuesday, the company also toed the party line on Windows Vista availability, repeating what it has said since March: Vista will be available to business customers in November, and consumers in January 2007.
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News source: InfoWorld
Microsoft on Wednesday still would not confirm the exact availability of Office, continuing to maintain in a statement through its public relations firm that the system will be available to business customers by the end of the year, and consumers in early 2007. On Tuesday, the company also toed the party line on Windows Vista availability, repeating what it has said since March: Vista will be available to business customers in November, and consumers in January 2007.
View: Pre-order Office2007 News source: InfoWorld
Linux = Free
OpenOffice.org = Free
I'm not trying to troll here, but Microsoft needs to realize that to stay competitive, you have to keep your prices competitive. My point is, more and more people are starting to turn to the open source world to help ease of TCO. The company I work for, for example, is turning to open source to help with these costs (i.e. switching from Windows to Linux on the desktop, NetWare to SLES10 on the server, SQL Server to MySQL, etc.). This sort of thing will continue to happen IMO as long as Microsoft has prices like these.
Linux = Free
OpenOffice.org = Free
I'm not trying to troll here, but Microsoft needs to realize that to stay competitive, you have to keep your prices competitive. My point is, more and more people are starting to turn to the open source world to help ease of TCO.
It's funny that you mention TCO, because the main reason the term "Total Cost of Ownership" exists is to recognize that there's way more to the cost of owning and operating a product than the cost of the initial software purchase.
The cost of the software purchase is peanuts in comparison to all of the other costs involved in supporting and maintaining something like Windows and Office (or Linux and OpenOffice).
You just made my day
Last edited by fatjon on 02 Sep 2006 - 13:54
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