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1, The numbers are misleading. To be part of the 90%, a company only needs to have purchased a single 2007 license. Even if that company has hundreds of older licenses.

2, The numbers aren't entirely accurate. We purchase 2007 licenses under Open License, and then install 2003 instead. 2007 gives new features, sure, and it's supposed to be faster once you get used to it, and easier for new users. I kind of like it (I like the new Excel AutoFormat options). But we have people who have used Office since Office 95, and they are very used to it. All versions through 2003 are "close enough" for them to figure out. So we still use 2003, so they don't have to learn something entirely new. If we were going to give them something entirely new, we might use OpenOffice instead. But the stats show us with a lot of 2007 licenses.

Posted by: MWPollard   Posted on: 07/25/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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