Apparently Microsoft is taking note of this as a marketing strategy. I was
browsing in Walmart while getting a punctured tire patched and noticed a
multi-user (3 or 5, don't recall) version of MS Office for home use priced
at $99.
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Michael D. Long
"Mladen Gogala" <gogala_at_sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.09.14.05.35.08.898618_at_sbcglobal.net...
> On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 21:35:31 -0700, Daniel Morgan wrote:
>
>> Puting it in at a very very high cost in effort and dollars. I can't see
>> Larry giving Bill anything ... and visa versa of course.
>
> I can....when GPL databases like MySQL and PostgresSQL catch
> some more ground. Microsoft will probably be the first to make
> windows "free for home users" or sligtly lower the cost of MS-Office
> to, say, $50. Have you ever heard of a guy from Finland named Linus
> Torvalds? He might have something to do with that.
>
> --
> A city is a large community where people are lonesome together.
>
Received on Tue Sep 14 2004 - 20:50:57 CDT
