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Re: Has Microsoft commited suicide ...

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From: hanc...
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 20:21
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On Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 7:48:23 PM UTC-4, J. Clarke wrote:

> It takes about 5 clicks to get to the page on the Microsoft site where
> one can buy (one time purchase) Office Home & Student 2016 for PC for
> $149.99.

I _already_ purchased a copy of MS-Word.  Why should I now be
forced to lay out $150 for a fresh copy?

I call that extortion.

FWIW, after the original TV sets came out, a few years later
they upgraded the audio and video to a newer standards.  The
TV set manufacturers went out to every home and upgraded
existing sets for free.
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