I normally don’t waste my time ranting, no real point, but today has seen me just get truly frustrated with Microsoft.

I was working a client’s network, trying to clean things up, bring them up-to-date and standardize their operations.  After other frustrations with Microsoft, reformatting PCs, getting everything operational (networked, printers, …) I was finally at the point to install MS Office.  I managed to convince the powers at be to purchase Office365 and went to install it and received a nice error message indicating that it was incompatible with Windows VISTA?!  Say WHAT!?

Let me get this straight.  Windows VISTA which is officially still a fully supported OS (until Apr-11-2017) is not supported as far as Office 2013/Office365 is concerned.  Talk about dumbfounded!  I have seen stupid, but this is just MORONIC!!!

So I ask Microsoft, since one can no longer find Office 2010 in-store, or on the Microsoft website and since 2013 is incompatible, what is someone supposed to do exactly?

Talk about screwing over your clientele yet again!

Ever wonder why people end up going down the pirated software route, maybe because it is easier than trying to do things properly.  Not an avenue I will explore, but just saying…

 

I don’t understand this logic (well I personally cannot believe there is logic behind this type of setup) and if I were in any position of power in the Microsoft organization, I would seriously be making heads roll and correcting this situation.  I also, would be having the Microsoft store fixed to include selling older versions of software, since it is clear, just by this situation, that they are still required (not optional)!  They are missing such a huge potential market of client, I am dumbfounded.

I just don’t get it.

 

Update 2013-04-08Since I needed an immediate solution, and I’m sorry upgrading the OS is not a solution (this is what MS offers as the solution, seriously?!) in my books and the client is tired of never ending issues with windows.  I have converted the entire office (7 computers) over to OpenOffice.  In their down season, I will be reformatting all the PCs and installing Ubuntu.