MS Office for $60 revived!

I discovered today that The Ultimate Steal from Microsoft has been reinstated. You are able to get the full 2007 suite for $59.99 if you have a valid .edu e-mail address.

Here is the link:
Microsoft Office Discount for Students - The Ultimate Steal

I bought two of these for my machines in April 08, and it is a GREAT deal if you qualify and are planning to buy or update the software anyway.

Includes:
Word
Excel
Power Point
Publisher
Access
Accounting Express
Infopath
Outlook
One Note
Groove

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Microsoft® – The Ultimate Steal Promotion

This promotion is subject to the following terms and conditions and all participants acknowledge and agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.

Program Description:
All eligible university students are entitled to make a purchase from the promotion site as described further below.

Promotion Duration:
This offer commences at 12:00PM Pacific Daylight Savings Time on July 1, 2008 and all purchases must be made via the Promotion web site by 11:59PM Pacific Standard Time on December 31, 2010 at which time the offer ends.

Microsoft reserves the right to extend or terminate this promotion at anytime.

Promotion Eligibility:
This offer is good only to eligible students who attend an educational institution geographically located in the United States. This offer is non-transferable. One of each product may be purchased per eligible student (but not required).

The following conditions serve to define student eligibility for the Promotion:

1. .edu: Individual must possess a valid e-mail address at a U.S. educational institution which contains the domain suffix .edu; OR
Pre-Approved School List: Enrolled in a U.S. educational institution included on the pre-approved school list; OR
Submission of school enrollment: Submit verifiable school enrollment via the validation process; AND

2. Individual must be a student at a U.S. educational institution and must be actively enrolled in at least 0.5 course credit and be able to provide proof of enrollment upon request.

Regards,

Quagzmort

Very cool....

And any of you that might work for a fortune 500 company, as I do -- with an Enterprise licensing agreement can probably get MS Office and any other Microsoft product for $0

Cheers,

- Hakrjak

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LOL. people don't know about that. It's not hard to get set up with Microsoft.

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"The difference between genius and stupidity? Genius has limits." -Einstein

Is MS Office that much better than Open Office (100% FREE!)?

I actually thought about open office. My only concern is compatibility with others that use MS products. It will read MS docs though won't it? There's a converter plugin or something?

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"The difference between genius and stupidity? Genius has limits." -Einstein

From the programs within Open Office that I've used (comparable to MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), there's always an option to save in the MS format -- .doc, .xls, .ppt.

I haven't had much of a problem with crossing between formats aside from an occasional formatting or alignment issue.

I agree with Yankees in that OO is a very good alternative for MS Office and , IMHO, about 98% compatible. I say that because a co-worker does a lot of heavy mathematical spreadsheet calculations (he's a h/w reliability engineer) and tried it out, only to find it didn't always produce similar results.

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Thanks! I might give it a run...it's free you know!

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"I'm not a business man. I'm a business, man." -Jigga
"The difference between genius and stupidity? Genius has limits." -Einstein