Microsoft cuts prices in China to fight piracy

Microsoft slashes price of Office 2007 Student and Home edition in China to combat piracy.
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If they give Office at USD 29.00 in India there will be many takers. Maybe they think we're loaded

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moral of the story - start using pirate copy

yup

ankitsagwekar said:
moral of the story - start using pirate copy

I use OpenOffice and last time i used MSOffice was around 2007 January...
(BTW Why the hell i use MS Office if the OO gives all the features as MS Office at free of cost....)

OOo is still serving me well. I haven't felt the need of a better software till date.

But yeah, I agree with NucleusKore. India is supposed to be poorer than China...

MetalheadGautham said:
OOo is still serving me well. I haven't felt the need of a better software till date.

But yeah, I agree with NucleusKore. India is supposed to be poorer than China...

BTW i am pretty much satisfied by OOo....

to make people in India use legal version they will have to make Office 2007 a freeware.
why wud someone pay $29 for something which is available at Rs. 10/-

iinfi said:
to make people in India use legal version they will have to make Office 2007 a freeware.
why wud someone pay $29 for something which is available at Rs. 10/-

+1

But at the same time, pricing at $29 does make sense for enterprises IMO. If they choose to use OOo, they still need tech support people, due to the critical nature of the business. Surely they would need to spend some money on them too ? But at $29, MS Office would indeed appear a steal since it includes a no hastles product warranty/support (or doesn't it ?).

PS: correct me if I am wrong.

I might consider for $29.00, not because I like Microsoft Office, but because the rest of my family is addicted to Microsoft products. When they come from Dubai on holiday they're at UNEASE with OpenOffice for Windows. I already have a genuine Windows, so having a genuine Office @ $29.00 would be good.

yea agree!! for enterprises $29 wud be a boon. i was talking abt the common Indian.
btw there are several companies in India which use pirated stuff.

iinfi said:
to make people in India use legal version they will have to make Office 2007 a freeware.
why wud someone pay $29 for something which is available at Rs. 10/-

Available at Rs. 10 ?
I got it free of cost.
BTW I prefer to use Open Office.

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well, things are not gonna change in india for a long long time...