Re: Upgrade from office XP student edition...

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Wait and see... wait and see.

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After furious head scratching, Bob I asked:

| Opinicus wrote:
|| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
|| <MillyS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
||
||| "JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
|||| "Rockyr" <Rockyr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
||
||||| Sorry, but according to Microsofts' website today, it says that
||||| ANY previous
||||| edition of office XP suite will qualify for the upgrade to office
||||| 2007. Unfortunately, they made a mistake and have not informed the
||||| public, so people like me are stuck with a $297 upgrade that won't
||||| work.
||
|||| You should have been told when you bought the previous version that
|||| it was *not* a qualifying product for any upgrades. If you have
|||| issues with that, then you need to contact Microsoft directly.
||
||| Even if he was, policies can change. A public statement made on a
||| corporate website by a corporate entity constitutes a binding
||| contract in many jurisdictions nowadays. (This is the source of the
||| "breach of contract" question I asked when I first heard about this
||| "mistake".) I'll bet if someone wanted to take MS to court over this
||| issue they'd win. MS said publicly that all Office XP suites qualify
||| for the upgrade to Office 2007. MS said so for a considerable period
||| of time, sufficient for many people to be informed about it, believe
||| it, and take action upon this information--to their own cost.
||| Furthermore MS said so long after the statement that SE editions
||| didn't qualify was made, thus superseding it.
||
|| Misprints are common and are not usually allowed for tort causes.
||
|| True. But this particular "misprint" is still there after how many
|| weeks? Months?
||
|| http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/FX101754511033.aspx#1
||
|| I remember first talking about this sometime last year for Dog's
|| sake.
||
|| Since that page went up "Microsoft Works 6.0–10; Microsoft Works
|| suite 2000–2006 or later; any 2000–2007 Microsoft Office program or
|| suite; any Microsoft Office XP suite" have been in the Office 2007
|| upgrade path and there's been no official statement to the contrary.
||
|| I can see lawyers making big bucks off this on both sides...
||
|
| Reading the web site literally, the trial version of Office 2003 would
| suffice, or a Pirated version. I don't think they will be making
| exceptions for those either.
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