Jan 19, 2008, 01:00 AM
Nobody said anything about Halo. However, let's say I did. Would you rather they force a patch on everyone instead of providing the option of both Halo 1 and Halo 2?
I never brought Office 07 in to the picture because it's arguably worse. I left it at Office 2003.
AFAIK The price tag for Office has remained relatively constant throughout the versions (I get it free through the university so whatever).
I'd like to see you deploy new hardware in a "patch" (XBOX 360 reference). Though I haven't seen the code, I'm pretty sure some of the stuff in new Office and Windows versions required a lot of refactoring and new design thus new releases.
Also, it doesn't make much business since to keep a product on the shelf forever (e.g. "Office 1.0") and just provide a giant patch online each time they decide to make a new release. You might as well release a new product, especially if it will be roughly the new price. Do you get what I mean?
I never brought Office 07 in to the picture because it's arguably worse. I left it at Office 2003.
AFAIK The price tag for Office has remained relatively constant throughout the versions (I get it free through the university so whatever).
I'd like to see you deploy new hardware in a "patch" (XBOX 360 reference). Though I haven't seen the code, I'm pretty sure some of the stuff in new Office and Windows versions required a lot of refactoring and new design thus new releases.
Also, it doesn't make much business since to keep a product on the shelf forever (e.g. "Office 1.0") and just provide a giant patch online each time they decide to make a new release. You might as well release a new product, especially if it will be roughly the new price. Do you get what I mean?