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Microsoft Faces Office Pricing Dilemma
News Microsoft's decision to cut retail prices for some versions of its Office software is more a reaction to internal pressures than outside competition, analysts said on Wednesday. The student-teacher version has been a hit with consumers, accounting...
[May 29, 2003, 11:40]
Microsoft Fleshes Out Office 97 Developers Edition
News Microsoft today fleshed out details of its Office 97 Developer Edition (ODE) software which it will release early next year at the same time as Office 97 end-user version. ODE includes all the Office applications, over 500 programmable objects...
[November 7, 1996, 16:58]
Microsoft Creates New Office For The Mac
News Pricing for both the new versions of Office and Virtual PC will remain the same as that of previous versions, Microsoft said. In a sign that Microsoft plans to be in the Apple market for some time, the software giant said on Tuesday that a new...
[January 7, 2004, 9:10]
Open Source 'pressuring Microsoft Pricing'
Talkback If Microsoft thinks Linux can do the job, then the only way Microsoft would be value for money would be if you could get Windows, Office, VIrus protection, etc.and all the server software you need for the same price as a single Linux distro (about...
[February 20, 2004, 3:37]
Microsoft Sets Date For Mac Office
News Microsoft's Mac Business Unit filled in a few more gaps Wednesday in its Mac Office 2001 roadmap at Macworld Expo in New York. Group product manager Mary Rose Becker said Microsoft's studies showed that fewer than ten percent of Mac Office users...
[July 19, 2000, 16:49]
Microsoft Sets Price On Office 2008 For Mac
News Although the release of the next version of Office for the Mac has slipped into next year, Microsoft is ready with the pricing and packaging options. Microsoft said last month that it was delaying the launch of Office 2008 to January.
[September 25, 2007, 8:16]
Microsoft Postpones Office 2008 For Mac
News Microsoft has delayed the launch of Office 2008 for Mac, from the second half of this year back to January. Microsoft will not open beta testing to the public as it did for more than six months while building Office 2007 for Windows.
[August 3, 2007, 9:16]
Microsoft Eyes New Ways To Sell Office
News Microsoft isn't quite ready to talk about plans for an ad-supported or online version of its Office franchise. Many of those people are in emerging markets, where Microsoft is trying things such as prepaid cards good for two or three months' worth...
[July 12, 2007, 8:16]
Microsoft Adds Ultimate Edition Of Office
News After already announcing plans for an Ultimate edition of Windows Vista, Microsoft confirmed this week that it also plans an Ultimate edition of Office 2007. Microsoft has been looking to higher-end versions of both Windows and Office as a way to...
[May 26, 2006, 10:40]
Microsoft Mulls 'Big Mac' Pricing Index
News In addition, it has offered the Thai government cut-rate versions of its Windows and Office software that can be sold to citizens as part of a low-cost PC ownership programme. Taylor suggested that Microsoft may need to adjust its pricing to...
[March 1, 2004, 8:15]
Microsoft Quashes Office 97 Piracy Fears
News Microsoft has dismissed claims it has encouraged dealers to pirate Office 97 by allowing Dell and Gateway to sell Office 97 upgrades for £20. A Microsoft spokesman said the upgrades were in the form of vouchers for buyers of new systems with pre...
[January 22, 1997, 11:01]
Open Source 'pressuring Microsoft Pricing'
News The UK government is paying increasing attention to the issue of Microsoft's effective desktop software monopoly, with the Office of Fair Trading having launched an investigation into government procurement practices earlier this month.
[February 18, 2004, 16:50]
Novell Attacks Microsoft Pricing
News See the Software News Section for the latest headlines on everything from peer to peer clients to Office software and beyond. The Provo, Utah-based software maker is embarking on an offensive against Microsoft after announcing a new pricing...
[September 16, 2002, 15:41]
Office 2003 Prices Leak Online
News Prices for Microsoft Office 2003, together with a range of other upcoming products from the company, have been released on online retailer Amazon.com's UK site. Microsoft had previously said only that the various components of its newly renamed...
[August 13, 2003, 13:40]
Office 2000: MS Confirms UK Prices And Eleven Flavours
News Microsoft has confirmed UK prices for the latest version of its popular applications suite, Office 2000, due to be launched on the 8th June. Microsoft Office, Premium Edition 2000, Win32 English, Full Product £669(Inc VAT), New offering.
[May 11, 1999, 11:55]
Microsoft To Publish Office Prices
News Microsoft plans to reveal pricing and a release date soon for the next version of its Office software, according to analysts. Whatever day Microsoft does announce final details for the release of the new Office, it won't be too early for corporate...
[August 12, 2003, 14:00]
Microsoft Office 2003 Ships
News Companies who are signed up to Microsoft volume licensing agreements will see Office 2003 and its constituent components listed with pricing from 1 September, said Pryke-Smith. Microsoft released the final code of Office 2003 to manufacturing on...
[August 19, 2003, 18:25]
Office 2007 Details Released
News Microsoft on Wednesday offered further details on the next version of Office, announcing plans for a new home version as well as new server-based products and a new high-end enterprise edition of the desktop suite.
[February 16, 2006, 8:25]
Microsoft Dashes Price-cut Expectations
News Microsoft representatives said volume pricing for Office 2003 will be identical to the cost of the current version, Office XP, confounding some analysts who expected a price cut. Microsoft is set to reveal on Monday that volume prices for the next...
[August 29, 2003, 8:35]
Office XP Price Cuts Reflect Licensing Changes
News Dan Leach, Microsoft's lead product manager for the software, said the Office XP reductions are likely to be reflected in the retail pricing of the upgrade. Microsoft plans to announce price cuts on Wednesday for its Office productivity software, a...
[May 28, 2003, 8:37]
