Can't you admit that it seems a little strange that MS can design a 'feature'
that forces you to have to buy updates to their other flagship product?

If you want to compare warrnaties between car companies and software
companies... bring it on. One is a whole lot more accoutable than the other.
And don't bother telling me that Office XP is out of warranty... I'll remind
you that MS talks about backward compatibility to set the expectation of
their customers.

What really bothers me is that Vista politely reminded me that the product
was no longer supported and would bring me directly to a website where I
could buy Office 2007. Maybe they should have put the developer of that
error message on the hotifx instead of trying to part me with my money.


"Brian Tillman" wrote:

Bill wrote:

I think I'm done buying Microsoft products. I'm tired of spending my
hard earned money on products that I can't update. They are also
bugged to death.

Let me ask you: do you expect automobile manufacturers to give you free
upgrades to older automobiles you've purchased when they make changes to
their later lines?
--
Brian Tillman