"Non-commercial use" of OneNote after upgrade to Office Standard?

[James0007]

Just a quick licensing question. I just upgraded from Home & Student to
Office Standard.

After installing Standard, I then uninstalled the Home & Student edition.

When I started Office Standard for the first time, the "non-commerical use
only" headers were there for a second or two, then disappeared and never came
back.

So that's fixed.

BUT -- I still want to use OneNote, so I reinstalled it from the Office Home
& Student CD. Unfortunately, it still displays the "non-commerical use only"
header.

I would think that since I've upgrade to Office Standard, OneNote would
recognize that and also stop displaying the "non-commercial use".

Am I wrong? Can I NOT use OneNote for commercial purposes even though I've
upgraded to Office Standard? Or is there some other fee I have to pay? (If
there is, I'm gonna be a very unhappy Microsoft customer! ;-)

If, however, it IS now legal to use it for business purposes, how can I get
rid of the "non-commerical use only" header?

 

[Bob I]

One Note isn't part of Office 2007 Standard Edition. If you want to use
One Note in a business environment you would need a retail version or
upgrade to a Version of Office 2007 that contains it.

 

[James0007]

One Note isn't part of Office 2007 Standard Edition. If you want to use
One Note in a business environment you would need a retail version or
upgrade to a Version of Office 2007 that contains it.

Okay, let me see if I understand this correctly ...

I paid $159 for Home & Student plus another $289 for Office Standard; for a
pre-tax total of $448 -- which is roughly $50 more than if I had just bought
Office Standard in the first place (or, alternatively, just bought Office
Small Business at the non-upgrade full price).

And now Microsoft wants ANOTHER $79.95 (U.S.) from me to legally use OneNote
in a business environment? Uh, I don't think so. I'm a 100%-no
apologies-capitalist kind of guy, but that's ridiculous.

Why not give the buyer credit for that extra $50 and allow him/her to just
pay the difference of $30 to bring it up to $79.95?

Yes, the software is good and yes, you get what you pay for. But you
shouldn't have to pay MORE than you would have if you'd bought the same
quantity and type of software components in a different "arrangement".

This is the kind of pricing structure that makes people say negative things
about Microsoft. (Guess I just did, huh?)

As it stands, I'm just going to uninstall OneNote and go back to the free
utilities I'd been using previously to do the same type of work.

Microsoft, I'm disappointed.

James
P.S. - And another thing ... what's the reasoning behind putting OneNote in
both the cheapest and the most expensive Office suites, and nothing in
between??

 

[Bob I]

First you aren't talking to Microsoft here, this is just public
newsgroup that Microsoft hosts for users to discuss problems and
solutions. We are just Office users here. Second, apparently you seem to
believe if you spend money and buy things that you don't need that
someone else is responsible to sort out what your needs were after the
fact? I merely stated what it says on the licensing. Why did you buy
Home and Student in the first place? As an example, try telling Toyota
that you want them to refund the price difference between a Prius that
you bought and the Tundra pickup you really need.