Uber cheap Office for CA

[noopypoop]

http://www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/theultimatesteal-ca/default.aspx



Live in Canada and need Microsoft Office for school? C'mon down!

[BuzzKillington]

A long while back, my A+ professor had the hookup on tons of expensive apps for like 35 bucks. From photoshop to dreamweaver to office. Yada yada. It was a similar program but it was the teachers deal or something.

[nevermind1534]

My dad got copies of microsoft software and OSes cheap when he worked at U of M.

[Drum Thumper]

Lots of other goodies at Microsoft Dreamspark as well.

[Omega]

Companies usually give schools and teachers real good deals. We got five copies of AutoCAD for free at my school, just 'cause we're a US FIRST team. Huzzah, cheap/free software!

[xmastree]

Companies usually give schools and teachers real good deals.
Well, it's an investment for them, isn't it. If the schools get cheap software, they'll use it. So instead of teaching computer studies they end up teaching Microsoft studies, thus maintaining market domination.

[nevermind1534]

Apple used to sell computers to the schools for cheap.

[moon111]

Is it just me, or is this a justified price? I'd really like to know if Microsoft would lose money by having this as the norm. 90% of the microsoft products I see in non-business use are pirated. To me, I don't think MS prices are realistic to what the market will pay for them. They're switching to alternatives like Oo or doing the piracy thing. I think selling more units at a lower price might bring in more then less units sold for a higher price, and keep their market share up. As a business, I'd use MS because I would expect a good choice of 'trained' staff at hand. Otherwise, I'd go open source.