On 1 December 2011 14:27, toki <toki.kant...@gmail.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 28/11/11 11:14, Pedro wrote: > > I'm wondering if the recent offer for download of the "add supported" > limited > edition of Microsoft Office Starter is a reaction to the improving quality > > Microsoft has been experimenting with various low-cost/no-cost to the > user pricing schemes for the last five or so years. > > Nothing to do with office suite quality, and everything to do with > trying to convert Joe Sixpack into thinking that software for a service > is the way things have always been done. >
Snag is they are not going to get the margins that way and they will effectively destroy their own cash cow. Its a classic problem. > jonathon > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJO147cAAoJEEKevXexj2B1h/wH/jwsuvQ1LQPqurjPwotVaIQR > UOo7ATj5rH0iqiDG2YyoOzCGhSvJWva/t/PDvmws/9tXPiLdpViZTcBYm4nJ4zCL > aoDv48+LK2TKci2e1HIuDu3QTQ+dCVN50TKowmJUstocALhRsWRmwJAa+bwOuYaM > yGdERkF/HsscxPd+TnkGuSqfy0Jy1ayf4LQlLxBpgxuQdtwgwLo45QgOFsUmTTSJ > FT5TBVmW6xs3wIzGSi0v+2Ld6ni6+V3bcFTlDtwy2W2LV/ev/8RmKWr1icPX40jW > FBXHg1Jwjw7j7i+ylWW1Z+7ofU0XkBoQb6z/BwrPedqIgsp5XWS88zvNVQPwCPs= > =9UU3 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications (The Schools ITQ) www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted