Re: Make older versions free
- From: "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" <jl_paules@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 19:34:53 -0500
Corporations dislike spending money even more.
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"Patrick Schmid [MVP]" <pdschmid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Corporations don't like using software though that is out of support. So
the end of Office 2000 support will force them to a newer version. Whether
it's 2007 though, is a different question.
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"Graham Mayor" <gmayor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The people who don't want to pay for software wouldn't use an ad
supported
system either. They would use the same pirate versions that they have
always
used. This idea is a non starter. It makes no business sense to widen the
availability of the product to a few cheapskates, when they already have
the
Office software market cornered. For the domestic market they produce
Works
(included with many new PCs) - and for the freeware market you have
Wordpad - both of which can produce acceptable documents.
In any case much of business is at least one version behind the current
one.
Many corporates are still using Office 2000 and I wonder how many of them
will want to go through the pain and expense of retraining their staff to
use Word 2007, which I feel may be a step too far for business? Microsoft
will be supporting the users of Word 2003, at least, for a while longer.
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thebigdintexas wrote:
i just think that the people who would download and use the free,
ad-supported, older version, would not be the people who are going to
buy the new version anyway, so Microsoft would at least get the ad
money off of these people using it.
"Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote:
yes, i was thinking of making it available for download only, orpartner with
some advertisers to include flyer advertisements in the mail alongThe point is that you have the money, but aren't willing to pay for
with a disk maybe to cover the cost of the disk and shipping. i
think many people who pay for high speed internet such as myself
would not pay the money for it, but would use a free ad supported
version of it. They need to do
it. It's not that you don't have the money.
something like this cause losing many to open office...which isn'tMany? You have a skewed world view. MS Office has more than 90% of
even ad supported!
the market and OpenOffice is barely making a dent into MS sales.
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cyberTaz" wrote:
One consideration - among numerous others:
How do you propose the distribution of these charitable donations
be handled?
Is MS supposed to ship free to anyone who asks? Perhaps UPS or
FedEx would be willing to chip in - better yet, the USPS could be
mandated to handle it gratis, after all it would only increase
postal rates a modest 25-30%. Or would the product be stuffed into
cereal boxes as a promotional item? And who bears the cost of this
distribution? Perhaps you'd be willing to donate a few hours a
week to making home deliveries?
Even if you're now thinking "download" - which isn't practicable
for a number of reasons, but even if it were - consider the
likelihood that most anyone not able to pay the price for their
software probably doesn't have a high speed connection in the
first place. That basically leaves you with those who *can* afford
it but aren't *willing* to pay for it. Ergo, any costs incurred by
such a program have to be recouped from the sale of current
product, which in itself would be curtailed by the freebie system,
resulting in even higher prices for the rest of us.
I'm not sure what your location is - despite your addy - but here
in the good ol' US of A I'm just one of many who are getting tired
of footing the bill for freeloaders.
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
On 11/19/06 11:47 AM, in article
394C0977-DC3E-473C-BBB3-E992A8EEB106@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"thebigdintexas" <thebigdintexas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Good point.....would have to add "does not qualify for a
discounted upgrade" to my suggestion along with ad-supported.
Thanks.
"Opinicus" wrote:
"thebigdintexas" <thebigdintexas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
I have a suggestion regarding Microsoft Word. How about
offering the older version for free when the latest version,
such as in Office 2007, is released. Microsoft could switch
the older version to ad supported or something, then offer it
for free. Comments?
Would they qualify for upgrades? If so, I doubt MS would go
along with the idea.
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Bob
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