Tuesday, 14 July 2009

Microsoft to launch free version of Office

Microsoft are set to launch a free (advertising funded) web based version of their Microsoft Office suite of applications, in what is a move to match Google Docs - the ad based applications offered by their big competitor.

It will be a 'lighter' more web-friendly version of their software, but naturally they are bigging it up as supposedly being better than Google Docs. It's set to launch in 2010, and marks a big deal for Microsoft in making one of their core software assets available free online - setting a big precedent.

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