I have just spent a very frustrating 20 minutes on the phone with three
different people at Microsoft trying to understand the new pricing of all the
various versions Office 2010. I have loyally upgraded over the years
basically every program I have ever owned. The fact upgrade pricing is no
longer going to be offered is one beef however what is worse, if I am
understanding this properly from the explanations I was given, is that
basically small business owners such as myself are being priced out of
Business Contact Manager because it is only going to be offered through
volume licensing with a 5 license minimum. How can this be?! This is a two
computer office. I don’t need 5 licenses. This country was built on small
businesses. What is up Microsoft? Why have you chosen to price us out of
Office 2010? Outlook and Business Contact manager are the two programs I use
the most. If the three people I spoke to on the phone are wrong then someone
please tell me now because at this point I won’t be upgrading from Office
2007 if I can’t get Business Contact Manager included at a reasonable price.