[Offtopic] MS Office $75 for uni students

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Office 2007?

Regards Roland

On 06/03/07, Reid, Cam C <reid.cam.c at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
>
> MS Office Professional is already available for all Government School
> Students for $83.60. This has been the case for quite a while through the
> Microsoft agreement for Vic. Orders can be made through Ipex.
>
> Cameron Reid
> Shepparton High School
>
>
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> From: offtopic-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Charles Clarke
> Sent: Tue 6/03/2007 10:25 AM
> To: Information Technology Teachers' Offtopic Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [Offtopic] MS Office $75 for uni students
>
>
>
> Perhaps if everyone used illegal copies at home we'd all be able to get
> the deal! Lol
> Seriously ... it is good to see Microsoft reacting to the impact of
> freeware and piracy.
>
> Cheers
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: offtopic-bounces at edulists.com.au
> [mailto:offtopic-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Mark Scott
> Sent: Tuesday, 6 March 2007 9:49 AM
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> Subject: RE: [Offtopic] MS Office $75 for uni students
>
> Sounds like a hoax only because Microsoft's track record of doing
> something so sensible is not great.
>
> 95% of Uni students use an illegal copy of Office. Most of the $75 would
> be pure profit for the company.
>
> Mark Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: offtopic-bounces at edulists.com.au
> [mailto:offtopic-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Michael Walker
> Sent: Tuesday, 6 March 2007 10:41 AM
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> Subject: RE: [Offtopic] MS Office $75 for uni students
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> >>> Charles Clarke<cfc at beaconhills.vic.edu.au> 03/06/07 08:55am >>>
> >Smells very like a scam to me.  Has anyone verified this... apart from
> the claims on the site quoted?
> >Cheers
> >Charlie
>
> It was in yesterday's Age with quotes from Microsoft representatives.
>
> http://www.theage.com.au/news/home-office/uni-students-get-office-2007-f
> or-75/2007/03/05/1172943327075.html
>
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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
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