Office Depot to only sell MS certified software

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » March 24, 2003, 8:20 pm

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=8472

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » March 24, 2003, 8:23 pm

takin' care of business!

Vetiria · Post by **Vetiria** » March 24, 2003, 9:30 pm

Is that legal?

Kguku · Post by **Kguku** » March 24, 2003, 9:40 pm

Yes it's legal.

Office Depot can choose to stock whatever they want, for whatever reason they want.

However, after reading that I'll be sure never to step foot in that shithole again.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » March 24, 2003, 9:42 pm

I already don't go to Office Depot. Grats me pre-emptive strike!

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » March 24, 2003, 11:28 pm

I LIKE STAPLES

Gutterr · Post by **Gutterr** » March 25, 2003, 12:04 am

People still buy software?!?!

Vetiria · Post by **Vetiria** » March 25, 2003, 12:07 am

Gutterr wrote:People still buy software?!?!

Not all of us steal the software we use based on the fact that "they make enough money anyway."

Acies · Post by **Acies** » March 25, 2003, 12:09 am

Vetiria wrote:
Gutterr wrote:People still buy software?!?!
Not all of us steal the software we use based on the fact that "they make enough money anyway."

Wrong.

Vetiria · Post by **Vetiria** » March 25, 2003, 12:09 am

try again

Gutterr · Post by **Gutterr** » March 25, 2003, 12:15 am

Vetiria wrote:
Gutterr wrote:People still buy software?!?!
Not all of us steal the software we use based on the fact that "they make enough money anyway."

That was a sarcastic remark, but just to let you know. I pay for my windoz operating system, but that's as far as it goes because the only reason I use it is for games and that may soon end since wine comming along way. I'm a die hard freebsd user and believe in open source. Though I don't pay for that software, I contribute back to it with patches for bugs I find.

OpenOffice works just fine for me, f' MS Office!

Acies · Post by **Acies** » March 25, 2003, 12:21 am

Vetiria wrote:try again

Keep guessing.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » March 25, 2003, 3:01 am

i even buy my linux copies. not because it is necessary, but because it is good for the market for companies like Red Hat to be commercially viable.

i did pay for my first windows license last year, on this copy of XP. but i also got it for $35!

Millie · Post by **Millie** » March 25, 2003, 3:07 am

Staples makes Office Depot its bitch, anyway.

Cracc · Post by **Cracc** » March 25, 2003, 3:21 am

Wine still has OMGIAMRETARDEDCAUSEALOTISTWOWORDS of problems to sort out, only wine dist atm that can play everquest somewhat is winex, and its not opensource, nor is it free, and i do belive wine still has a few porting issues to the *BSD's, the day i see wine emulating everquest on a OpenBSD box is the day i say farewell to windows. ( OpenBSD still kicks major ass tho )

Skunki · Post by **Skunki** » March 25, 2003, 5:33 am

have you seen the software section in Office Depot? pretty limited selection already, same as best buy or everywhere. especially after comparing to the shelves to 5 years ago. If microsoft threatens to pull their software if they dont comply(sorry didnt read the whole aritcle) its going to dig them deeper than they already are, so i can see why office depot especially would compky but there may be more to it, didnt read the whole article just skimmed it

I work for Canon, ive done marketing in retail stores and software sales is a joke(go figure why

) all the major chains are cutting back, this may or not be related to why Office depot is going microsoft certified route. but it really wont make much of a difference. net ordering and piracy is killing the retail software market, and maybe this is a way that Office depot can cut some of their losses to limiting their software even more than it already is

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