So, I just got the wierdest email ever. Apparently Microsoft are offering university student Office 2007 Ultimate for only $75. Besides the apparent confusion over what is involved in the licence, it seems that you can purchase a key online and use it to activate the trial version of office.
So after many people trying to contact them, it would seem that forums are reporting that the licence is unlimited, but only usable on 2 machines at a time eg desktop and laptop. So, for the first time since... ever, I'm actually considering replacing openoffice with MS Office. As much as I hate microsoft over their 'bloatware' and licencing, this seems to be what I would classify as a reasonable price for an essential software package.
So... yeah. This is probably the only time you'll ever see me promoting at corporation's
product over that of a freeware alternative, so make the most of it.