How are they able to do that?
Isn't Ashampoo Office 8 just Softmaker Office 2021?
Ashampoo Office 8 on sale for 9GBP for 5 machine license
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Re: Ashampoo Office 8 on sale for 9GBP for 5 machine license
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Re: Ashampoo Office 8 on sale for 9GBP for 5 machine license
Greetings,
My belated two cents:
As a question about the financial operations of a software company, it is quite interesting. I wouldn't, however, make my purchasing decisions based upon the answer (if you ever get one, which you didn't and probably won't).
Let's not forget that we are in a symbiotic relationship with SoftMaker. They need our money, and we need their software. Switching from paying full (reasonable) price, to buying their software at a deep discount might seem swell in the short term, but there is a fundamental problem with an unsustainable relationship: it's unsustainable. And I should know, I used to use WordStar!
For pity's sake, pay them whatever they need to stay in business (as I do); I just can't use MS Word!
My belated two cents:
As a question about the financial operations of a software company, it is quite interesting. I wouldn't, however, make my purchasing decisions based upon the answer (if you ever get one, which you didn't and probably won't).
Let's not forget that we are in a symbiotic relationship with SoftMaker. They need our money, and we need their software. Switching from paying full (reasonable) price, to buying their software at a deep discount might seem swell in the short term, but there is a fundamental problem with an unsustainable relationship: it's unsustainable. And I should know, I used to use WordStar!
For pity's sake, pay them whatever they need to stay in business (as I do); I just can't use MS Word!
Re: Ashampoo Office 8 on sale for 9GBP for 5 machine license
Oh, my goodness. WordStar!
Greetings, fellow old-timer. My first piece of software when I bought my very first personal computer (after MS-DOS, of course) was WordStar. I hadn't thought about WordStar for a great many years ... until I saw your comment.
Greetings, fellow old-timer. My first piece of software when I bought my very first personal computer (after MS-DOS, of course) was WordStar. I hadn't thought about WordStar for a great many years ... until I saw your comment.
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Re: Ashampoo Office 8 on sale for 9GBP for 5 machine license
Gosh, if it isn't my favorite author, greetings!
You may be interested in knowing (assuming that you don't already) that Softmaker got its start (AFAIK; corrections welcome) with TextMaker, which was then a WordStar alternative. Per the 2010 version of TextMaker's manual (the oldest version I have handy at the moment):
Classic Keyboard Mapping: "A largely WordStar-compatible keyboard mapping (for users who have worked previously with WordStar, TextMaker for DOS, or other programs with a WordStar compatible key-board mapping)"
Note to Softmaker: I still have my licensed copy of WordStar (4?) and an up-to-date licensed copy of Epsilon: be careful, I have choices.
You may be interested in knowing (assuming that you don't already) that Softmaker got its start (AFAIK; corrections welcome) with TextMaker, which was then a WordStar alternative. Per the 2010 version of TextMaker's manual (the oldest version I have handy at the moment):
Classic Keyboard Mapping: "A largely WordStar-compatible keyboard mapping (for users who have worked previously with WordStar, TextMaker for DOS, or other programs with a WordStar compatible key-board mapping)"
Note to Softmaker: I still have my licensed copy of WordStar (4?) and an up-to-date licensed copy of Epsilon: be careful, I have choices.