Office politics
Software giant Microsoft has announced the launch date for the 2010 versions of Office, SharePoint, Visio and Project - 12 May. It has also unveiled its Office 2010 ‘technology guarantee' which offers a free upgrade to 2010 if you buy Office 2007 now.
Office 2010 will be released to manufacturing next month, and will be made available to consumers in June 2010. The tech guarantee applies to anyone who activates Office 2007 between 5 March and 30 September, has a Windows Live ID and goes to www.office.com/techg to sort it out.
While Microsoft understandably doesn't want a complete drying-up of Office sales prior to the 2010 launch, this offer doesn't seem too tempting on price alone.
Here's the table from the HEXUS February story announcing UK Office 2010 pricing...
| Office 2010 product edition | Product Key Card | Boxed Retail |
|---|---|---|
| Office Home and Student 2010 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Web Apps) |
£89.99 | £109.99 |
| Office Home and Business 2010 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Office Web Apps) |
£189.99 | £239.99 |
| Office Professional 2010 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, Access, Office Web Apps, premium support ) |
£299.99 | £399.99 |
...and here's a screenshot from Microsoft's site showing Office 2007 pricing.
