Office student edition

[James Eick]

I read in the paper that you can buy the student edition of the new office
suite and nobody cares if you are a student or not. It's Microsoft's way of
having two tiered pricing, one for professionals and one for consumers. Any
info on this would be appreciated.

Jim

 

[Paul Ballou]

It is up to the retailer to decide whether or not to verify the purchaser is
a eligible. The 2nd and 5th qualifications listed at the link below might be
a reason for the retailer not to verify because those two qualification may
or may not be difficult to verify.


See this
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/students/doyouqualify.mspx

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

I read in the paper that you can buy the student edition of the new
office suite and nobody cares if you are a student or not.

I'd say it depends on how ethical the retailer is. There are always a few
out to make a fast buck. not to mention the many clueless floor sales staff
at major retailers who (according to reports on these NGs) tell also sorts
of fibs to induce upgrades.

It's Microsoft's way of having two tiered pricing, one for professionals
and one for consumers. Any info on this would be appreciated.

Through to Office XP, a student license restricted you to one machine rather
than two. The Student Edition is comprised of Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and
Word, and not-for-commercial-use.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/howtobuy/compare.mspx

A sdistinction between Professional/Consumer editions already exists -
especially in 2003 where the Pro suite has extra XML & rights-management
features. The student edition is a restricted license version of the
consumer edition.

Mike Williams - Office MVP
http://www.mvps.org/

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