Microsoft Begins Preselling Office 2010

Posted 12/02/2009 at 12:59pm | by Paul Lilly

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Through the Microsoft Partner Network, the Redmond software outfit is offering its partners a deal it hopes their clients will find too good to refuse. The deal is 20 percent off Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007, which is an okay promotion by itself, but it also comes with a free upgrade to Microsoft 2010 when it launches in June of next year.

Clients who take advantage of the 'Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 No Better Time Promotion' (forget about trying to say that three times fast, and see how long it takes you just to say it three times normally), are also eligible for additional beneifts tied to the licensing program they make their purchases through, as well as the quanity of qualifying licenses they purchase. All clients will have the option to spread payments over three years, training vouchers for employees, E-Learning courses, and rights to install Microsoft Office on a home PC in addition to a work computer.

If you're not a business owner, which is who this deal is aimed at, don't fret. As Arstechnica points out, it's very likely Microsoft will offer some kind of consumer incentive to preorder Office 2010 before its launch, not to mention promotional pricing like the Ultimate Steal Microsoft has run in the past.