BWF89
December 13th, 2004, 09:39 PM
I "think" this was it \/
http://omximages.officemax.com/images/kreb_large/20654034.GIF
http://www.officemax.com/max/solutions/pro...ckOID=537141049 (http://www.officemax.com/max/solutions/product/prodBlock.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&expansionOID=-536907353&prodBlockOID=537141049)
So I went to Officemax (an office supply store) yesterday and while my dad was looking for ink refills for our Cannon S520 printer I was looking at all the Microsoft products and one thing in particular caught my eye. They were selling a copy of Microsoft Office for...............get ready................ $500 USD!!! When I saw this I just stood there with a black expression on my face taking second and third looks at the price tag to make sure it said "500" instead of "50" but my eyes didn't lie. $500 USD for a copy of Microsoft Office. So I picked up the box and it said something like "By accepting the EULA aggreement you can only install this product on one computer" ONE COMPUTER!?!?
Can someone please explain to them how they can get away with selling their office for $500 when you can download Openoffice free off the net? Is there a big difference between the two or is just MS office the standerd so everyone feels the need to buy one eventhough it is ridiculously overpriced? I mean even if it did come with a few more things that Openoffice I think I could live without them for $500 per computer...
http://omximages.officemax.com/images/kreb_large/20654034.GIF
http://www.officemax.com/max/solutions/pro...ckOID=537141049 (http://www.officemax.com/max/solutions/product/prodBlock.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&expansionOID=-536907353&prodBlockOID=537141049)
So I went to Officemax (an office supply store) yesterday and while my dad was looking for ink refills for our Cannon S520 printer I was looking at all the Microsoft products and one thing in particular caught my eye. They were selling a copy of Microsoft Office for...............get ready................ $500 USD!!! When I saw this I just stood there with a black expression on my face taking second and third looks at the price tag to make sure it said "500" instead of "50" but my eyes didn't lie. $500 USD for a copy of Microsoft Office. So I picked up the box and it said something like "By accepting the EULA aggreement you can only install this product on one computer" ONE COMPUTER!?!?
Can someone please explain to them how they can get away with selling their office for $500 when you can download Openoffice free off the net? Is there a big difference between the two or is just MS office the standerd so everyone feels the need to buy one eventhough it is ridiculously overpriced? I mean even if it did come with a few more things that Openoffice I think I could live without them for $500 per computer...