Office prizes sent (UK developer launch)
This may be passé now but just to make sure everyone is aware: the Office prizes did indeed get sent out yesterday. I wanted to get a confirmation from the distribution centre before posting this entry and I now have that, so we’re nearing the end of this story! Hooray I hear you all say.
One point of clarification: I’ve had an email from someone who said they were expecting the Professional version of Office and were disturbed because the packaging only says “Office”. Worry not, this is definitely the professional version.
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Anonymous
April 16, 2007
I received my copy today and im very excited!! However, I'm not complaining, but i thought that it was the Ultimate Version of Office.Anonymous
April 16, 2007
Just got my copy of Office this morning, just would like to say thanks for all your effort that you have put into this. Thanks again.Anonymous
April 16, 2007
Hi Ian. I received my Office 2007 Pro this morning. I was wondering, is this the full retail licence? The packaging is different to the shop version and before I open/install it I'd just like to be sure what the licence is for this version. Thanks in advance.Anonymous
April 16, 2007
Steve - this is a "not for resale" licence, but the product is a full version of Office Professional 2007. So you are not permitted to sell it to anyone, other than that it's the full version and you're fully licensed to use it.Anonymous
April 17, 2007
IT ARRIVED! w00t! -- MaxAnonymous
April 17, 2007
Well my copy of Office has arrived in the post today. I really can't wait till I get home tonight so I can get on with the install. Thanks Ian and everyone else involved with the launch. AdrianAnonymous
April 17, 2007
Yay! got my copy also and can not wait to install as the trial ran out 2 weeks ago :( Just a point however - it does not say "Not for resale" on it anywhere.Anonymous
April 17, 2007
My copy of Office arrived this morning. Thanks again to Microsoft for organising both competitions but especially thanks to Ian. Without you I would've given up all hope of receiving my prizes - thanks for single-handedly keeping us informed throughout, hope you enjoy Vegas!Anonymous
April 17, 2007
Received my copy this morning, very pleased with it. Many Thanks, JakeAnonymous
April 17, 2007
Steve - it's printed on the disc itself. Andyman - thanks, but Vegas isn't a holiday. No really. It's work, work, work. Really.Anonymous
April 17, 2007
My copy of Office arrived today also, very pleased and thanks to all. I did note that the disc has "Disc 1" printed on it which implies that there may be a 2nd or 3rd disc. Can you confirm that there is only 1 disc in the package? Ian, you must have patience of a saint with all you've had to put up with on here in the last month or two. Once again very pleased and many thanks :)Anonymous
April 17, 2007
Hi FraserGJ - that's a good point re "disc 1" but I wouldn't read too much into it. It probably should read "Disc 1 of 1". There is nothing else on the way! Everything should be on the single disc.Anonymous
April 17, 2007
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April 17, 2007
Hi Ian, Re: Disc 1 Thanks for clearing that up. I always find it strange to see "Disc 1" on single disc sets etc, very strange. I fired up the disc though and everything looks good. I did see some dodgy looking text in the setup title bar while setup is loading though - "2007 Microsoft Office system"? In any case, cheers and thanks again :)Anonymous
April 17, 2007
Received my office this morning. Thanks ian for all your help. I was wondering if there is anyone out there who would like to swap there vista (unopened) for my office (unopened). email me to markbrown83@ecosse.net Thanks, MarkAnonymous
April 17, 2007
Received my copy of Office 2007 this morning and would like to say thanks for all at Microsoft for the opportunity to win it. Having already upgraded our company PCs and my personal laptop to Office 2007 I have been waiting to upgrade my main home PC with this copy. From my experience with the beta and the release it has been well worth the understandable wait. Again many thanks.Anonymous
April 17, 2007
Received mine too today, much improved on the Office 2000 I was previously using - many thanks!Anonymous
April 17, 2007
Hi Ian, I did shout and say YES! yesterday when i checked the recent posts on this website. And found out that the prizes has been posted. I receive mine yesterday and i have installed it. Great application!! Would like to thank you and your team on making this happen. Cheers!!Anonymous
April 17, 2007
As in the my other comment, got mine yesterday. Really enjoy using office with 2007! Curious though, how many machines will it let me install and activate my copy on? only I have two machines I use often.Anonymous
April 17, 2007
Got mine yesterday and converted my trial to full version. Painless. Thanks again to all at Microsoft, especially Ian for putting up with us all. John.Anonymous
April 17, 2007
Received mine yesterday :) Many thanks again Ian :)Anonymous
April 17, 2007
Thanks for all your help Ian. Does anybody know if this version of office can be installed on two computers (say, my desktop and my laptop)? I think the home and student version, for example, is valid for up to three installs. Thanks!Anonymous
April 17, 2007
Hey Ian Just got my copy in the post today...Well basically they used the address they had before...WEll thanks..about to install mine....Thanks Microsoft, and Ian... 1Love TobiAnonymous
April 17, 2007
Hey Ian I was just about to open mine..when i realized the seal was broken a bit...Does that matter..Pls tell me before I go any further...The seal I a talking about is the authenticacy seal...!! regards TobiAnonymous
April 18, 2007
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April 18, 2007
I received mine yesterday too, I'm over the moon about it! Thank you so much to Microsoft and Ian (you're a credit to your company!) Hope you have a good trip.Anonymous
April 18, 2007
Just wanted to say thanks so much for all your work on this. My Office disk has arrived and I'm delighted :-)Anonymous
April 18, 2007
Hi Ian, I've also received my copy of office (thanks!). Just to clarify on the licence - can you confirm it is a full retail licence i.e. can be installed on a desktop and also a laptop (as per section 2a & 2b of the "1. RETAIL LICENSE TERMS" section of the EULA)?Anonymous
April 18, 2007
Recieved my copy yesterday!!! Thanks to Ian and everyone else who has been pushing to try and get this though quicker!Anonymous
April 18, 2007
Hey Ian You need to check those links out....THe people selling it are devaluing the items and people are actually about to buy it..Some guy is about to sell it for a £100....You need to take a look at those links now and tell ebay....Just being concerned..! 1 TobiAnonymous
April 18, 2007
Thanks Paul and dasunnyman - I have passed these on as a matter of urgency.Anonymous
April 18, 2007
What's the big deal about people selling this prize on eBay or anywhere else for that matter? If the buyer understands the terms of the licence and is happy with the price then what's the problem as long as they know exactly what they're buying? If the "not for resale" licence applies only once the item has been opened and/or used then selling a sealed copy is fair and reasonable is it not? As for the pricing, that's surely between buyer and seller and has nothing to do with anybody else, or are we saying here that MS have the right to prevent sales of their software below a certain price for fear of undermining the market?!?!Anonymous
April 18, 2007
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April 18, 2007
@mbrown I imagine a great many people enter competitions with a view to selling the winnings but I don't have an issue with that. I drive a clapped out old car worth less than $500 but if I won a brand new car I'd probably still sell it simply because I could put the money to better use. That's not so terrible is it? Suggesting what people should do with their prizes is not so far removed from judging people on what they spend their lottery fortunes on. It's nobody's business as long as it's lawful. Whilst eBay does put these things into the public domain, to all intents and purposes its transactions are private and between buyer and seller only. As long as no laws or rules have been broken that really should be the end of the matter. Making a moral issue about this is not fair because everybody's personal and financial circumstances are different.Anonymous
April 18, 2007
In some ways, while I dislike those who enter competitions with the intention of selling their prizes should they win, I can understand why they would think that they could. I was under the impression that should I win, I would recieve the retail version of the product and all the license restrictions/retail packaging that came with it. It was only until a few weeks after I was notified that I had won, that I realised that the item was not infact the retail version and was an NFR release. I'm not especially bothered at that fact since I didn't have any intention of selling it anyway (although the retail packaging is nice). I was aware that the T&C said something about not reselling the item but I had assumed (as I have seen in other competition T&Cs) that this was a direction to the winner indicating that he/she cannot sell the retail package that he/she had won while others who had the purchased the same retail item could. Besides this, I'm very happy with my copy of Office :)Anonymous
April 18, 2007
@Steve: Yeah that is true. But laws are being broken as the Office is stated "Not for resale". Most people selling it on ebay have opened the package and would have noticed this on the DVD. Fair enough if the user has not opened the DVD case and they genuinely haven't got a clue your aren't meant to sell it - they are not at fault. However, if the person knows that it is not for resale and they are selling it on ebay - they are breaking the law and should not be allowed to sell it on ebay. I also agree, if the item was not marked - not for resale I would also be selling my copy on ebay so that I could buy Vista (as I am currently running a technet vista key and I would like retail). However, instead, I have put it on ebay but with SWAP in the item name to see if anyone would like to swap it for vista as selling it would be illegal.Anonymous
April 19, 2007
I still haven't got mine yet, what do I do?Anonymous
April 19, 2007
All eBay listings have now been removed, pretty quick for eBay thatAnonymous
April 19, 2007
Anyone care to give me a moral (as opposed to financial or political) argument as to why removing those eBay listings is a good thing? I actually see it as very sad. It reflects badly on Microsoft at a time when they really should be thinking differently.Anonymous
April 20, 2007
Its a good thing because selling the product breaks the law due to the not for retail license.Anonymous
April 20, 2007
Steve - I'm going to make a couple of comments on your point that are my opinion rather than official Microsoft comment. The competition was run with a specific aim: Get Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007 into the hands of developers so that they can start using these products to develop solutions. What it wasn't meant to be is a way of just giving hundreds of pounds worth of software to random people who never have any intention of using them for development projects. One way we did that was to ensure that people needed to view the webcasts in order to answer the competition questions correctly - it doesn't guarantee that people taking part are developers, but it's likely that most non-developers wouldn't be prepared to do this. Another way is to make these products not for resale because, once again, I want the people who receive them to use them, hopefully for development work. And what I don't want is non-developers and other people to simply treat this as a competition they might have entered to win a new camera or plasma TV. Hopefully that helps explain the rationale. In all of these things where there are a lot of winners, some valid developers will get "caught" by this for example if they win a copy of Windows Vista but for some very valid reason have no use for it as their circumstances may have changed. However in the main I think the approach we are using is reasonable.Anonymous
April 20, 2007
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April 20, 2007
I haven't got mine yet either, any idea where they could be? With all the problems Microsoft had in delaying the Office shipping dates, maybe not all of the Offices were posted? Ian, can you please ask the dispatch teams to double check they were all sent out, and none were left out by mistake? I know one of my friends didn't get his copy yet either, and someone else has posted a comment here too saying not received. Thanks.Anonymous
April 21, 2007
@Jeremy Well mine was listed as sealed with the NFR licence clearly mentioned in the listing. At no point did I describe it as "full retail". It was one of the last ones to be listed before eBay pulled the listings so maybe you didn't see it (or report it). Anyway, the point is eBay still removed my listing and to be honest I still don't see the justification. @ianm I didn't realise the competition was squarely aimed at developers. I'm not sure you could ever hope to exclude all other entrants. As for the NFR licence, this wasn't stated on the OUTER packaging or in the accompanying letter. Perhaps it should have been as it would have saved confusion, otherwise one might be forgiven for assuming that the NFR terms only applied once the item had been opened/used. I'm genuinely shocked that Microsoft adopted such a heavy-handed approach to this.Anonymous
April 21, 2007
And thanks to Jeremy the world is now a better place .Anonymous
April 22, 2007
Sorry to be the first one to say this, but I live in Reading and I haven't received my expected copy from the developer launch yet. How long should I wait before thinking that I have been missed off in some way? It has been 5 postal days.Anonymous
April 22, 2007
Matt, it seems Microsoft isn't willing to do anything for those people that didn't receive their copy. This must be breaking some competition law surely. What proof do Microsoft have that they posted all of the copies, and not just a few?Anonymous
April 22, 2007
Thing to remember is that these DVDs (both Vista and Office) aren't exclusive to the competition. They were also made available to people attending the Vista/Office launches in person. In these cases, there were no T&C's applied to the supply (just fill in whether you wanted Vista or Office in your appraisal form).Anonymous
April 23, 2007
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April 25, 2007
Hey Ian You haven't answered MattH's question on the EULA License- " MattH said: Hi Ian, I've also received my copy of office (thanks!). Just to clarify on the licence - can you confirm it is a full retail licence i.e. can be installed on a desktop and also a laptop (as per section 2a & 2b of the "1. RETAIL LICENSE TERMS" section of the EULA)? " What do you say because I would like to know aswell...!!Anonymous
April 26, 2007
I am still waiting for the copy of vista that I wonAnonymous
April 29, 2007
Im not sure anyone could really be in doubt that MS was trying to get these into developers hands, and they should be applauded for that. Me hopes they do the same Orcas as without a compo such as this theres no way i could get my hands onto the software to develop at home. The free versions generally dont cut it when you work all day with the full versions.. Considering the vista prize ran out in an hour and the office price took several days im guessing that a lot of none developers probably were in it just to get a copy of vista. That said - does anyone have a copy of the NFR Vista (unopened) that they would want to swap with an (unopened) Office? I know its a lot to ask.Anonymous
April 30, 2007
I am an honest person and to be honest I don't really need the copy of Office any more anyway, as I have 5 licences for it now. It would have been nice to get an early view of it at or around the launch date, but now it wouldn't do me much good. Please feel free to chase up the distributors and the post office, and check into my background if you need to, I am Microsoft Partner number is 1742016 and my company name is Starskill Limited. I know it must annoy you that there are some unscrupulous people out there claiming not to have received their copy, but just imagine what it is like for a genuine honest person like myself to be told by one of the biggest and richest companies in the world that they will be getting a copy of their software, and then being told for months that it can't be sent out or is the distributors fault. I know it is not down to you, but come on, there must be someone in Microsoft that can sort this out. To remove this thorn from your side....?Anonymous
April 30, 2007
Hi Matt - I have been imagining exactly that and it pains me greatly. I took something of a risk at posting the comments that I did as I realised it may offend, or even infuriate, the vast majority of people who are completely honest and genuine and who haven't received their copy through no fault of their own. But I did want to explain that we can't just send out replacement copies without question, simply because it's likely that we'd have a surge of false requests for replacements if we did. So my intention was to explain why we're doing what we're doing, and hope that the honest people didn't take it as a personal slur against them, but instead recognised that there are people out there who make it difficult for everyone by taking advantage of these kind of situations. Don't know if it had that effect or not - in your case it doesn't sound like it did. Anyway: Please drop me an email and I'll make sure that it gets followed up.Anonymous
May 01, 2007
I bought a copy of "Ready for a Brand New Day" on Ebay for £60. It was withdrawn from Ebay shortly after I purchased it!! Having bought it I realise it should not have been sold and I am now in the position of not knowing whether it is in fact a full licensed version of Office 2007?? If anyone can help I'd be grateful. Thank you.Anonymous
May 01, 2007
It is the full retail license. The only restriction is that it is marked not for resale. Well done thought - you got yourself a bargain!Anonymous
May 02, 2007
Lucky Guy Lins..It was the one you bought I was watching..That I told Ian about....!!!You should say who u bought it from so he can be sued really..This just goes against the rules...!!Anonymous
May 03, 2007
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