[dba-Tech] Office 2003

Francisco Tapia fhtapia at gmail.com
Tue Jan 25 10:51:46 CST 2005


Do you have a link to the details of this program?  that is very
cool... I mean... I will never pay $300+  for MS office, however if a
program was available at the price listed here man that's a diffrent
story all together.


On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 07:46:42 -0500, Admin Sparky <dba.email at gmail.com> wrote:
> ...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
> > >>
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