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If I want Microsoft Office, I need at least the Professional version or better, so I can have Access. The problem nowadays with Office is their greedy Licensing - before if you had Office 2003 you could install it on any amount of computers you own. So I'd put that on my two desktops and laptop computer. But Office 2007 changed that; you have to have a license for every install so it got too expensive so I just abandoned MS Office. No hope in getting a working bootleg version either. $480 for every computer install is just too expensive! I have 2 desktops and 2 laptops!
So now I just do everything with the free Open Office 3.2. Has old Office 2003 compatibility. Thank God Sun offers this software.
Did Microsoft experience a drop in sales of Office 2007 because of their greedy licensing?
How about you? What do you use?
Another greedy company is Adobe. The Master Collection costs $2599 for CS5. That's maybe why a lot of people get the bootleg version...
I'm not telling you to pirate software, I not telling you about utorrent, I'm not telling you about Pirate Bay, but I think there are other ways of getting software.
But Office 2007 changed that; you have to have a license for every install so it got too expensive so I just abandoned MS Office. No hope in getting a working bootleg version either.
I know plenty of people that have working versions of Office 2007 installed on more than one computer.
Office has always been licensed per computer, except for the Home and Student (formerly Student and Teacher) which is licensed for three home PCs. Nothing has changed with 2007. I don't know where you got your misinformation. Why do you need Office Professional or higher anyway? The cheap Student and Teacher one (under $150) has Word, Excel, and PowerPoint which is enough to satisfy the vast majority of non-commerical users. Stealing something you don't really need because you don't like the price is such BS.
CS5 Master Collection is a huge suite of programs designed for people who earn their living with it. For home users, you can get Photoshop Elements and Premier Elements for under $100. Many 3rd party programs (many free) can create and manipulate PDFs for less money and Acrobat.
Why do people feel entitled to use software while being unwilling to pay the price? Should I go steal a Ferrari because someone I'm entitled to drive one?
I know plenty of people that have working versions of Office 2007 installed on more than one computer.
Yeah they do cut you some slack in the activation process since they know you'll need to reload at some point due to a hard drive failure, virus, new PC, etc. Activating the same code over a two year period on different computers, while not technically within the license, will probably work. Trying to activate on 4 different PCs in an afternoon won't.
Why do people feel entitled to use software while being unwilling to pay the price? Should I go steal a Ferrari because someone I'm entitled to drive one?
Nice thinking, I'm going to go steal a Koenigsegg CCXR Edition because it's awesome but I don't want to spend 2 Mill on a car.
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Office sales were impressive since they stopped giving away so many free licenses from people who just assumed they could install it everywhere they wanted. Gotta agree if you don't need to spend the money then try something free otherwise you gotta pay because all the applications cost a lot of money to make and keep up to date.
Still using Office 2003 on main computer and the latest Openoffice.org on the rest. Seldom ever need Access anymore but for years it was my bread and butter. As far as Micky Soft being greedy not they wouldn't ever be greedy now would they. They just have to haul in buck to pay off the law suits.
I can put in a word as far as Adobe software goes because I have been a user of their video editing software for several years.
The reason Adobe's suite software is so expensive because the collection packages are mostly geared towards professionals, and those like another poster said makes a living with. Usually the ROI on software like that pays for itself pretty quickly after a number of jobs. If you think Adobe's software packages are expensive, then you will love Avid's higher price tag for Composer and Symphony!
Given the amount of time it takes to write software like that and what it can perform and do, I can somewhat understand why they are expensive as such. But, there are always lower-cost versions of the same software geared towards those that only may use it on occasion, or to those that don't need high end features. But for those who aim to make a career out of what they want to do only the high-end pro versions will do, and therefore the higher price tag.
And of course for students there are always big discounts on that type of software anyway. Its all on what you are willing to spend.
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They just have to haul in buck to pay off the law suits.
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