Well, I think I got Office 2000 with a laptop, but the last version I actually bought retail was Office 97.
With OpenOffice and other free and cheaper alternatives, why would anyone pay hundreds upon hundreds for the latest version of MS Office? I'm not saying that MS Office isn't more capable and more advanced than OpenOffice, maybe it is? But I doubt more than 1% of Office users actually use more functionality than that which is available in OO. Heck, most would probably be satisfied with Wordpad for their document composing needs. With free alternatives offering all of the functionality most people need, how can Microsoft justify selling Office 2007 for almost $400?
With OpenOffice and other free and cheaper alternatives, why would anyone pay hundreds upon hundreds for the latest version of MS Office? I'm not saying that MS Office isn't more capable and more advanced than OpenOffice, maybe it is? But I doubt more than 1% of Office users actually use more functionality than that which is available in OO. Heck, most would probably be satisfied with Wordpad for their document composing needs. With free alternatives offering all of the functionality most people need, how can Microsoft justify selling Office 2007 for almost $400?