Maybe I'm cynical, but when Office XP was released, I wondered if MS
intentionally named it Office XP to confuse, so that many would think that
the only compatible version of MS Office that would run with the Windows XP
operating system would be Office XP. The number of posts asking the same
question might lead one to believe either that my cynical thought was
correct, or MS was just lucky that so many people are confused about the
issue and wind up upgrading to Office XP, when it isn't necessary. Since MS
probably has a myriad of focus/marketing groups, me thinks that the
confusion about Office XP was probably intentional, not only to make profits
from needless upgrading, but to also have people install Office XP because
it has Product Activation. BTW, I'm using components from Office 95,
Office 98, Office 2000, and Office XP on the same Windows XP system, without
any problems. For the most part Office XP leaves me cold. Sure there are
some functions like allowing networked systems to annotate and edit Word
documents, which I don't need, but others might. I also don't like the new
GUI. For me, after years of getting rid of bugs, and adding new features,
MS finally got it right with the final version of Office 2000. For the
average home user, the final version of Office 2000 is really all that's
needed. Office 2000 can still be purchased online, at places like
pricewatch.com, for hundreds of dollars less than Office XP.
T.C.
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