> I guess I break all the rules then... :) The most interesting often do.
> Not to argue with you, but to make observations. So you know, I was being completely facetious in my post. :) > 1. They may have only sold 300,000 copies, but I would bet my next paycheck > that that there are at least three times that amount being used from piracy, > due in part to their high price. Maybe It's different in everyone else's > circle of friends, but of all the people I know that use computers (and > there are dozens) - and I mean really know - all have Office (for either > Windows or Mac) and the latest version of Office I might add, and none of > them have paid for it. They either steal it from work or "borrow" it from a > friend. I am the only one that I know of (personally) that buys my software. Well, you see, MS is charging what they think the market will bear. They have an application suite that some mac users =have= to have. They know they can ask those people to bend over and drop their pants to create powerpoint presentations and they'll do it. In this case they're asking for $500 for an office suite, where 99% of the "improvements" are interface related. $500 can be a little hard to swallow though when you're a small business or fledgling user- you can buy a decent PC or almost buy a mac for that. So piracy is going to happen... And I also know others who have pirated it. Piracy will =always= be around. But when you charge $500 for a basic app, you're just asking for it. I myself own 3 copies of it, 2 full priced and 1 I got for $50 as a good friend has a son in law who works in the MS office group and they have =awesome= prices for employees in the microsoft store. > 3. I use Entourage X for my corporate email. It works just fine for the > email (we don't use it for scheduling). Contacts I can really do without > since I have all the email addresses I really need. I do also- I've tried them all, and like eudora and entourage the best for OSX. I still have to use outlook 2001 for two of my biggest clients as they mandate it for security/scheduling reasons. Eudora is really growing on me though, mostly just because I trust it so much more. I've had way nasty stuff happen to entourage databases. I still can't give up office if I wanted to though- 90% of the strategy plans I deliver need to be in word, and almost everything I'm given is either in word or powerpoint. :( > 6. I can't help but to just loooove those "scribbly things." Steve is just > mad because he didn't think of it, I think. I still have my Newton MP 130 > sitting around...but my Palm is much more productive *for me*. Heh, I never had a newton... But I had an emate. I'm still not sure what I was thinking when I bought it. Must have been all of apple's taco bell cross marketing. > The entrance price is rather high, although they are pretty liberal with > their upgrade policy. Which the more I think about it, should be because you > get charged almost the same price as office if you just buy one of the > components. Bundling. :/ It's a bad thing. It's effectively killed off any competition in the word processing/spreadsheet/corporate presentation market. Of course, I will laugh my =ass= off if apple starts charging for iTunes or iMovie and such in the future like they are with .mac. *sigh* I can't even imagine what would happen to apple if MS discontinued office- it's that important now. Michael Bryan Bell ------------------ ICQ: 16106263 Yahoo: mhbell1 No Link for you! AIM: drunkenbatman -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
