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Microsoft launches online store, sells downloadable software
Microsoft charges the same price for downloads as it does for softwar that comes on a disc and stuffed in a box. I would have expected Microsoft to charge a few bucks less for the downloadable version since there are no shipping or packaging costs. But the company apparently decided to go another way.
The other surprising thing? The fact that it's 2008 and this is the first time Microsoft has sold these products as digital downloads.
[via Profy]
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Subscribe to commentsJakobNov 14th 2008 2:50PM
Better.
DavidNov 14th 2008 2:54PM
man, you just don't miss an opportunity to bash ms. not that that's a bad thing...but i mean, if adobe came out with "Adobe Store," (yes, i realize they already have), you would not make a sarcastic comment about the name. But I don't like MS either so its all good.
MtnplayNov 15th 2008 12:51AM
Wow, its about time, it is 2008! Are you kidding me? Microstupid should have had this for ten years. How do they think Adobe, Intuit, etc have done it? Wow, buy something online and download, its a really novel concept.
Joel LindstromNov 14th 2008 4:36PM
>>The other surprising thing? The fact that it's 2008 and this is the first time Microsoft has sold these products as digital downloads.
This is not correct, I bought electronic versions of Windows Vista upgrade, Office 2007, and Microsoft Money from the Windows marketplace nearly 2 years ago
QuikboyNov 14th 2008 11:07PM
Is this actually new? I thought Microsoft has sold some of their software straight through their website for at least a year already.
http://blogs.technet.com/james/archive/2008/06/02/introducing-the-microsoft-store.aspx
This guy wrote about the new Microsoft Store more than 1/2 a year ago. I also recall that at the time around Windows Vista's launch, you could also go to Windows Marketplace and download from there. Actually, you can still download Microsoft (and third party) software from that site. I think the "Microsoft Store" is Microsoft's new online store service that will replace Windows Marketplace as the go-to place to buy/download Microsoft software and hardware.
I do agree that the download version should cost less than the physical disc version, and I think Microsoft will realize this if people if people complain or comment enough.
There's nothing wrong with calling it the "Microsoft Store". It's simple and it works. Do you expect them to call it the Microsoft Online Retail Store? iStore? I don't hear complaints about Apple having an Apple Store. It just makes sense.
SomeoneDec 23rd 2008 11:32PM
So I still haven't "activated" my copy of Vista Home Premium, and I think I'll wait and see what the "special online price" is to get a key directly from Microsoft. If it's cheaper than most of the boxed retail versions than it would seem to disenfranchise people who actually chose to buy it. Not that I'd know much about that yet...