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Buck-Fifty a Beta for Office 2007

Speaking of betas, that "other" beta product just became a new cash cow for Microsoft. Want to download Office 2007 Beta 2? That’ll cost you the price of a soft drink and some of those pre-packaged cookies from the hallway candy machine.

Does having to pay to download the Office beta annoy you? Sound off here or send me e-mail at [email protected].

Posted by Lee Pender on August 01, 2006


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