IMHO, if you do any serious development work using Office, paying $120,00 more to get the Developer suite would be worthwhile. If you don't, go with option 2. I use Office Developer 2000, so I don't know about Developer XP requiring or not activation. But if it doesn't, the additional $120,00 would be even more worthwhile to avoid the problems that have been reported with it. Wilson At 12:01 22/05/02 -0500, James S. Huggins (MSO) wrote >I have Office 2000 Premium, including FrontPage 2000 >I am considering upgrading to Office XP. >There appear to be two ways to go > >1) Upgrade to Office XP Developer >Includes FP 2002 >$550.00 > >2) Upgrade to Office XP Professional >does NOT include FP 2002 >Acquire separate FP 2002 upgrade >$330.00 + $100.00 = $430.00 > >What are the reasons to NOT go with option 2. ************************************************************* PLEASE READ!!!! You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject line that says "unsubscribe" (without the quotes). Do not put unsubscribe IN CAPS. Screaming doesn't get you out any faster and the caps prevent the function from working. To change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail), visit the group's homepage for full instructions. //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. *************************************************************