Students can get an Office 2007 Ultimate license from MS Canada for $64 for a perpetual one, or $22 for a year’s subscription.
Here are the details, it seems like a... well, steal.
Microsoft – The Ultimate Steal Promotion
This promotion is subject to the following terms and conditions and all participants acknowledge and agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.
Program Description:
All eligible university and College students are entitled to make a purchase from the promotion site as described further below.
Promotion Duration:
This offer commences at 12:00PM Eastern Standard Daylight Savings Time on September 12, 2007 and all purchases must be made via the Promotion web site by 11:59PM Eastern Standard Daylight Time on April 30, 2008 at which time the offer ends.
Promotion Eligibility:
This offer is good only to eligible students who possess a valid email address at an educational institution geographically located in the Canada. This offer is non-transferable. Limit one purchase per eligible student.
The following conditions serve to define eligibility for the program:
1. Individual must possess a valid e-mail address at an educational institution which is supported by the program through a recognized email domain.
2. Individual must be a student enrolled at one of the qualified universities listed here and must be actively enrolled in at least 0.5 course(s). Microsoft or an appointed vendor may contact you to verify that you are a current student. If documentation is not provided indicating that you are a current student, you will be liable to reimburse Microsoft for the full retail cost of the software (CA $899).
Program Description:
Eligible students may have free access to Microsoft® Office Ultimate 2007 Trial for a limited amount of time. Each trial provides (1) 25 application launches (each launch of an individual Office Ultimate application is counted as one launch) before the software goes into reduced functionality mode (at which time your software behaves similarly to a viewer, you cannot save modifications to documents or create any new documents, and additional functionality might be reduced); and (2) the opportunity to purchase the following license durations for the Microsoft® Office Ultimate 2007 software:
1. Microsoft® Office Ultimate 2007 (CAD $64.00): Perpetual license, which includes the following applications:
o Access™ 2007
o Excel® 2007
o InfoPath® 2007
o Groove 2007
o OneNote® 2007
o Outlook® 2007 with Business Contact Manager*(see Obtaining Software below
o PowerPoint® 2007
o Publisher 2007
o Word 2007
2. Microsoft® Office Ultimate 2007 Subscription-1 year (CAD $22.00) 12 month license from date of activation, which includes the following applications:
o Access™ 2007
o Excel® 2007
o InfoPath® 2007
o Groove 2007
o OneNote® 2007
o Outlook® 2007 with Business Contact Manager*(see Obtaining Software below
o PowerPoint® 2007
o Publisher 2007
o Word 2007
Trial Conversion:
Eligible students can convert their Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 Trial to the perpetual license by returning to Promotion website prior to the Promotion deadline and purchasing the relevant product key.
Purchase Limitations:
Each eligible student is limited to one purchase per valid e-mail address and billing address.
Obtaining Software:
Eligible students can obtain the Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 software by downloading or ordering a disk from the official Promotion web site. The cost of ordering a disk is $13 CDN.
*Business Contact Manager requires a separate download. If ordering a disk Business Contact Manager is included on a separate disk.
Obtaining Product Keys:
Product keys will be provided on the purchase confirmation page and sent to the student’s eligible educational institution email address entered into the Promotion web site during the purchase process.
Promoter:
The promoter of this program is Microsoft Canada Co., 1950 Meadowvale Blvd., Mississauga, Ontario L5N BL9.
Microsoft reserves the right to terminate this promotion at anytime.