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From: Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch>
Subject: Re: OT: Microsoft Office 2021 Professional Plus for $15 USD
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On Fri, 10 May 2024 06:33:39 -0500, chrisv wrote:

> Andrzej Matuch wrote:
> 
>>Here you go, guys. It was advertised on Windows Central today.
>>
>><https://www.hrkgame.com/en/games/product/microsoft-office-2021-
professional-plus
> 
> Does anything think they would offer such a deal, were it not for the
> Free alternative?

Well, we would first have to know how many installs of LibreOffice there 
are in the wild, and whether these have cut into Microsoft's sales. If 
Microsoft is behind this all, they are likely just offering the deal to 
ensure that Office Open XML remains the standard in the face of pressure 
from OpenDocument, or pressure from Google's free standards. However, I 
have no idea if these alternatives are actually putting any kind of 
pressure on OOXML.