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...there is another alternative for a VERY small percentage of people. My enterprise maintains a licensing agreement with Microsoft that includes "software assurance". Part of that agreement is the ability for any employee to purchase the full version for $20...it's called the home use program. The Office Pro 2003 package includes the normal plus Outlook, Access, Publisher, and InfoPath. It might be worth a look to some people to see if their company participates in this program. Mark On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 14:44:17 -0500, John W. Colby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote: > You have to look at the features in whatever version of whatever product you > are talking about to see if the version contains the features you want. > >From the Amazon page: > > The Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003 is basically identical > to their standard Microsoft Office 2003. It contains: > - Excel 2003 > - Outlook 2003 > - Powerpoint 2003 > - Word 2003 > > What it does NOT contain (compared with the professional and small business > versions) is Access 2003, Publisher 2003 and the Outlook 2003 version that > has a Business Contact Manager - none of which would be particularly > necessary for students. > > Microsoft stresses that this version of their Office 2003 is only for > non-commercial use. You qualify for this edition so long as you are 1) a > full- or part-time student enrolled in a K-12 institution, 2) home-schooled, > 3) taking at least 6 credits at an accredited college/university, or 4) a > full- or part-time faculty member and work 20+ hours at a school. > > It retails at the Amazon price, which seems like a lot until you remember > that the Standard version is sold for over two hundred dollars more. There > is no discounted upgrade price for the academic version, but this is still > probably the best price you can get. AND you can use the software on up to > three computers, so long as someone in your household qualifies (for > instance, if you have a child who qualifies for this version, you can upload > it onto your computer as well and use the software even if you do not > qualify for the discount). > > If you are a college/university student, I would suggest visiting your > school bookstore before purchasing this software. Microsoft offers academic > volume licensing through a lot of colleges/universities, where you can get > the same software for up to 70% off if you qualify. Check out [Microsoft > website] for more information. > > John W. Colby > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: > http://folding.stanford.edu/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin - > Beach Access Software > Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 2:15 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Office 2003 > > But does the student/teacher version include Access? Occurs to me that I > have a student in the house with an I.D. But I think he needs Access. > > Rocky > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John W. Colby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> > To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'" > <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 6:24 AM > Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Office 2003 > > > In fact what it says is that there has to be a student to teacher in > > the house to USE the copy. They are not supposed to sell it to you > > unless that is true and are supposed to require a school id. I bought > > student licenses > > for XP and visual studio .net and I had to fax my student id to the online > > store before they would fill the order. > > > > John W. Colby > > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > > > Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: > > http://folding.stanford.edu/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of DJK(John) > > Robinson > > Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 5:50 AM > > To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' > > Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Office 2003 > > > > > > I'm a bit rusty on the small print, but I think it's legal for anyone > > to > > BUY > > an educational version. Installing and USING it however may be a > > different > > matter - which is what the licence probably covers. I'd be interested to > > know how you and your friends qualify in this respect. > > > > PC World? Shame on you! ;-) > > > > John > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > >> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda > >> Sent: 23 January 2005 03:33 > >> To: Dba-Tech; dba-OT > >> Subject: [dba-Tech] Office 2003 > >> > >> > >> I did a very unusual thing today - I bought an actual real legal > >> licenced copy of Office... > >> > >> We were in a shop (PC world, sorry I'll go and wash my mouth out now) > >> and we saw this incredible offer: instead of £350 for Standard > >> Edition with one licence, or £150 for the upgrade version, buy the > >> same product for £80 with 3 licences because it's the educational > >> version. There are NO DIFFERENCES except you get 3 licences instead > >> of 1 and it's less than a quarter of the price. > >> > >> My dad works in a school, and happened to have his ID on him, but we > >> weren't asked to prove that we were students or teachers or anything, > >> so I think I'm going to have to go back next week with orders for > >> some friends... So if anyone's interested, and fancies their chances, > >> it might be worth giving this a look... for your money you get Excel, > >> Word, Outlook and Powerpoint, but that's more than enough to be > >> getting on with for most of us... > >> > >> > >> Jon > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> dba-Tech mailing list > >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >