Microsoft is offering students a copy of Office 2007 Ultimate Edition for $60 at http://theultimatesteal.com/, according to Nathan Weinberg on the Inside Microsoft blog. This is less than the price Microsoft charges its own staff, who can buy Ultimate for $75 from the company store.
The blog says: "This special offer for students only represents a $620 discount off the retail price of $680, a 91% savings."
However, it's not such a big discount compared to many US university prices. Weinberg points out that campus prices can range from $66 (Office Standard at the City University of New York) to $109 (Office Enterprise at Northern Illinois University), or thereabouts.
UK home users and students can, of course, get Office 2007 for less than £30, as long as there are three of you. The Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student Edition costs £89.98 at Amazon.co.uk, and that's for a 3 User Licence. The lowest price on Amazon is £77.95.
Australia has done a similar cheap "student special", but has anyone seen one in the UK?
Update: Ahem, at the really-hard-to-find www.ultimatesteal.co.uk
