On 04/20/2010 01:59 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
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>
> That's a REALLY REALLY STUPID marketing decision. Seeing that the MS
> Office 2007 SP2 "implementation" of ODF is broken, the only way of
> ensuring that an ODF document opens correctly in MS Office 2007 is by
> using the plugin.
> Do they WANT to convert people from MS Office or what?
Playing the devils advocate... perhaps it's just the opposite? Perhaps
they are saying that if you want proper ODF then use OpenOffice.org (or
the newly branded 'Oracle Office' instead & if you want to keep using
MSO w/proper ODF then we have the solution, but it will cost you? Don't
know, I'm not a marketing guy.
That said, seems pretty dumb to not offer as a single user license. And
delving a little further, I found that you can reduce your 100 seat
license by selecting only a one year option instead of perpetual. A
single year works out to:
* Oracle ODF Plug-in for Microsoft Office (Application User; 1 Year)
* $1,800.00
* Quantity: 100
*
First Year Support $1,980.00
Total items: 1 $3,780.00
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