>Excuse me for jumping in,
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>Hello Craig,
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>Is it really worth it to buy "Office 2000: Developers Edition" ?
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>Or is it just a marketing gimmick to get developers to pay more money because all the companies seem to think that all developers make so much money ?

If you're doing serious Office development, it's probably worth the extra bucks. Another option is to buy an MSDN Universal subscription, which ends up costing much less than buying everything separately.