You mean restricting the market for an affordable version of Office?

I am not being entirely flippant. For me to upgrade from Office 2003 to Office 2007 would cost $300 or so. So far I haven't thought of reason to do that. 2003 still does all I need it to (and way more).

Actually the last time I felt the urge to replace Word 2003 was after reading a review of a program called Scrivener. The feature I liked the sound of was that you can choose a clean screen as the typing surface. Sounds like an anachronism, a la some of the early DOS word processors, but I like the idea of writing on a screen with no clutter. I looked into Scrivener and found it is for the Mac only, natch.


>Looks like Microsoft has made a subtle change to Office 2007. It's now Home and Student, instead of just Student. With that, apparently, came licensing changes too. IMO, it is a good move for MS.
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>>"Do I need to have a student in my household in order to qualify to purchase and use Office Home and Student 2007?"
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>>"No."
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>>http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/suites/HA101655301033.aspx
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>>Other Sources:
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>>http://www.amazon.com/review/RVJOUAPJ72HT6
>>http://www.matthewturkington.com/2008/02/13/microsoft-office-license/
>>http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2765091&body=QA
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>>Do you know of something different?