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

[Daniel Lamb]

Also it means they get you used to office quirks and features and when they are then faced with something like openoffice they freak out so businesses keep buying it, this is also applicable to windows, ms give it free to schools get them into it and many people stick with it for life, which is why now linux has a massive opertunity to be pushed as users have to learn a new os anyway so they will be more open to learning a superior os. 
Daniel

 ---- Original message ---- 
From: James Le Cuirot <chewi at aura-online.co.uk>
Sent: 13 Sep 2007 8:41am -04:00
To: Tayside Linux User Group <dundee at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Cc:  <>
Subject: Re: [dundee] Micosoft tactics - To keep University students locked in

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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