How about a price plan for people on fixed incomes like the plan .

[Joe in Austin]

Retired people on fixed incomes would surely welcome a price plan like the
education package.

It is very tough to keep software up-to-date at full retail prices. In my
case, I am sitting at Office 2000 because I cannot afford to buy three copies
of Office 2003 for the 2 desktops and 1 laptop in my house.

I would buy the education package but I'm not in school and all the former
students in the family have graduated. -- So I don't qualify

 

[VManes]

My question - why upgrade? O2K is perfectly serviceable and functional, it
doesn't wear out. I've not seen any compelling reason for John Q Public to
move up to OXP or O2k3 - just more whistles and bells that get in the way of
doing productive work. And more ways you have to relearn where features
have been moved.

I use O2k on my home machines, O2k3 at work because that's what they
installed. First thing I do is try to configure it to a simpler interface -
I hate that task pane popping up in my face - send it to the same purgatory
as Mr. Paperclip!

Just my 2 cents.

Val

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Retired people on fixed incomes would surely welcome a price plan like the
education package.

It is very tough to keep software up-to-date at full retail prices. In my
case, I am sitting at Office 2000 because I cannot afford to buy three
copies
of Office 2003 for the 2 desktops and 1 laptop in my house.

I would buy the education package but I'm not in school and all the former
students in the family have graduated. -- So I don't qualify

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

One major reason is product support - Office 2000 is no longer supported,
having come out over 5 years ago.

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After furious head scratching, VManes asked:

| My question - why upgrade? O2K is perfectly serviceable and
| functional, it doesn't wear out. I've not seen any compelling reason
| for John Q Public to move up to OXP or O2k3 - just more whistles and
| bells that get in the way of doing productive work. And more ways
| you have to relearn where features have been moved.
|
| I use O2k on my home machines, O2k3 at work because that's what they
| installed. First thing I do is try to configure it to a simpler
| interface - I hate that task pane popping up in my face - send it to
| the same purgatory as Mr. Paperclip!
|
| Just my 2 cents.
|
| Val
|
| ***************************
|
| message | Retired people on fixed incomes would surely welcome a price plan
| like the education package.
|
| It is very tough to keep software up-to-date at full retail prices.
| In my case, I am sitting at Office 2000 because I cannot afford to
| buy three copies
| of Office 2003 for the 2 desktops and 1 laptop in my house.
|
| I would buy the education package but I'm not in school and all the
| former students in the family have graduated. -- So I don't qualify

 

[Gary Smith]

Can the typical user detect the difference between support and no support?
I'm dubious.

One major reason is product support - Office 2000 is no longer supported,
having come out over 5 years ago.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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[Gary Smith]

I've just been "upgraded" from 2000 to 2003 at work, and I hate it. I see
many pointless differences and very few improvements. My productivity has
dropped significantly as I struggle to figure out how to get the same
tasks done this week that were virtually effortless last week.

Does anyone have a list of tips on how to make Office 2003 (especially
Word) look and behave as much like Office 2000 as possible?

My question - why upgrade? O2K is perfectly serviceable and functional, it
doesn't wear out. I've not seen any compelling reason for John Q Public to
move up to OXP or O2k3 - just more whistles and bells that get in the way of
doing productive work. And more ways you have to relearn where features
have been moved.

I use O2k on my home machines, O2k3 at work because that's what they
installed. First thing I do is try to configure it to a simpler interface -
I hate that task pane popping up in my face - send it to the same purgatory
as Mr. Paperclip!

Just my 2 cents.


Retired people on fixed incomes would surely welcome a price plan like the
education package.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Sure - call Microsoft with a support question and be told, "Not supported."

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After furious head scratching, Gary Smith asked:

| Can the typical user detect the difference between support and no
| support?
| I'm dubious.
|
|
| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
|| One major reason is product support - Office 2000 is no longer
|| supported, having come out over 5 years ago.
|
|| --?
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
|
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
|| personal account will be deleted without reading.
|
|| After furious head scratching, VManes asked:
|
||| My question - why upgrade? O2K is perfectly serviceable and
||| functional, it doesn't wear out. I've not seen any compelling
||| reason for John Q Public to move up to OXP or O2k3 - just more
||| whistles and bells that get in the way of doing productive work.
||| And more ways you have to relearn where features have been moved.
|||
||| I use O2k on my home machines, O2k3 at work because that's what they
||| installed. First thing I do is try to configure it to a simpler
||| interface - I hate that task pane popping up in my face - send it to
||| the same purgatory as Mr. Paperclip!
|||
||| Just my 2 cents.
|||
||| Val
|||
||| ***************************
|||
||| message ||| Retired people on fixed incomes would surely welcome a price plan
||| like the education package.
|||
||| It is very tough to keep software up-to-date at full retail prices.
||| In my case, I am sitting at Office 2000 because I cannot afford to
||| buy three copies
||| of Office 2003 for the 2 desktops and 1 laptop in my house.
|||
||| I would buy the education package but I'm not in school and all the
||| former students in the family have graduated. -- So I don't qualify

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

You don't need a contract to call PSS - just ask anyone like me, a home
user, who has called a couple of times for hotfixes.

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After furious head scratching, Gordon asked:

| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] wrote:
|| Sure - call Microsoft with a support question and be told, "Not
|| supported."
||
|
| Most *home* users, and presumably the OP falls into this category,
| don't have paid support contracts anyway, so the "support" part of
| this thread is irrelevant!

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Sorry, but you and I seem to have a fundamental disagreement on the use of
the term "support."

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After furious head scratching, Gordon asked:

| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] wrote:
|| You don't need a contract to call PSS - just ask anyone like me, a
|| home user, who has called a couple of times for hotfixes.
||
|
| That's not quite what I'd call "support" in the commercial sense of
| the term - it's getting a free hotfix after you've identified a
| problem through use of the Knowledge base.