MS, let me buy
Sep 2nd, 2008 by Andy
Someone at work had been running a trial version of Office. When it expired we decided to just click on the Buy button to fork over our money and keep the product going. If only it was that easy. About 15 minutes later we gave up and I ordered Office from Amazon, it will be here tomorrow. I’m not sure why Microsoft has to make it that hard to do something that should be simple.
I have a sense for why it’s complex (there are a million versions of Office to choose from, there are some issues associated with buying software without getting anything other than a key, etc.) but imagine I’m just a novice computer user. I decided to give Office a spin because I got a trial CD with the computer I bought. I use it for a month and I’m hooked - I love this stuff. Okay, now it’s time to fork over my money so I can keep using it. I should be able to click on a button, enter my credit card info and BAM - I should be good to go. No chance.
No wonder so many people just steal MS software.
