[dundee] Micosoft tactics - To keep University students locked in

James Le Cuirot chewi at aura-online.co.uk
Thu Sep 13 13:41:32 BST 2007


That and they know that most students pirate it. Drop the price low
enough and some of them might just resist that temptation.

Chewi


On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:32:16 +0100
gordon dunlop <gordon at zubenel.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

> Microsoft are giving Office 2007 away at knockdown prices to students.
> 
>  http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/124820/students-get-office-2007-ultimate-for-39.html
> 
> I don't think it is because they love students, I think it is to keep 
> them locked into Microsoft products so that they won't use OpenOffice.
> 
> Gordon



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