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   From: peattyg47-1230@copper.net   
      
   On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:37:04 -0000, "EvilBill"    
   wrote:   
      
   >Windows is the *cheapest* piece of software that M$ puts out. People   
   >might be able to afford £100 for XP Home, but far fewer can afford the   
   >£700 or so for M$ Office...   
      
   I don't know about prices in the UK, but in the US, those figures are way   
   out of line.  An upgrade copy of XP home can be had for $99 US   
      
   (I don't know what the current ratio of the US $ to the UK £ is)   
      
   Full featured copies of Office can be had for $400 US.  If you're a student,   
   or work for the government, you can get Office for peanuts.  A student copy   
   is about $120 US.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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