Sujet : Re: DFS, ping
De : recscuba_google (at) *nospam* huntzinger.com (-hh)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.advocacyDate : 19. Nov 2024, 22:40:45
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On 11/18/24 4:12 PM, DFS wrote:
On 11/18/2024 3:55 PM, Joel wrote:
DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote:
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https://deals.bleepingcomputer.com/sales/microsoft-office- professional-plus-2019-for-windows-3
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Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 for Windows $26.97
I have an instance of Office 2019 running ... updates for it ended a year or two ago.
I bought an Office 2021 Pro license from Gamespot in Nov 2022, for $32.
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Ah, I vaguely remember something about that offer. Wonder why
Bleeping Computer is now offering an older version than that.
Because they can. I've not looked into it, but I suspect that these are probably licenses that MS originally had for foreign markets .. eg, 3rd world countries. For them to accept a small amount does capture that customer away from Pirated software, as well as Google/FOSS competitors.
On eBay you can buy versions of Office going back to 4.3 (mid 90s) on diskette.
Hmm...wonder if I still have 4.3 around someplace ... as well as an old enough PC on which it would run? It has value in that it would be compatible with various now-orphaned file formats (I think Word 5 was the last version which supported embedded postscript?).
-hh
DFS, ping
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