With the huge promotion being undertaken by Microsoft for the launching of their new Windows Vista and Office 2007, here are links to a few of my previous blog articles in which I outlined some of the new versions and features.
These new releases are a critical sales effort by Microsoft, involving it's two biggest money makers, and they are hoping it will carry them through the next couple or more years.
I've been using pre-releases of both products and believe their have some good technology enhancements and benefits from improved interfaces. However, they are not incorporating any new application, just newly redesigned 'models'.
Here are the links to my previous articles:
| Microsoft Office 2007 and Related Applications - Microsoft has announced that they will be releasing their latest Microsoft Office 2007 applications in January 2007, around the same time as Windows Vista is being shipped. Some have questioned the wisdom of releasing two of their biggest income producing products at the same time. However, after spending some time with both Vista ... |
| Windows Vista Coming Soon -- What Should I Be Considering? - Ready or not, Windows Vista will soon be available for your business, home and mobile Personal PCs. Despite many delays, it is already in production and will be available officially in January 2007, but some may have access to it sooner (as early as the end of this month [Nov. 2006] for ... |
| More Than Half of North American Businesses Ill-prepared to Run Vista - What is the general readiness of North American organizations planning to deploy the new Microsoft Vista operating system? That's the question solution provider Softchoice Inc. set out to answer with a new study of more than 472 organizations recently, and the results indicate that the majority of PCs in use today ... |
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Huge discounts are available for home purchases of Windows software through Microsoft if you work for the military, civilian employees and contractors working for the U.S. government. Check out the following...
Home Use Program (HUP) - "The Home Use Program is only available to employees of Microsoft® Volume Licensing Software Assurance customers. Only employees who received eligibility notification directly from their employers are authorized to use this site."
Employee Purchase Program (EPP) - "The Employee Purchase program is available to employees of companies that hold Microsoft® licenses. All software purchased from this site is for personal use only."
The purpose is to allow employess working for organizations with Microsoft volume-licensing agreements to work at home using the same tools available at work.
See also additional comments about other reduced cost options in other related articles, including:
Windows Vista - Putting It to Good Use or Should I Even Be Considering It?