Microsoft Office 2010 to launch for free on web
submitted by markodonoghue on 22 July 2009
Microsoft are continuing their so called war with Google for internet dominance as it reveals the next version of their Office software will be available online for free.
Brilliant for people who only use their PC/Laptop/Netbook/Notebook for general browsing of the Internet or listening to music and very rarely use Office products, thus saving money for a product you hardly use. Office will feature free and basic version of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote.
Microsoft is also planning on allowing users to co-author documents in real time which is a similar move to Google's upcoming product, Wave.
Office 2010 is likely to be released early next year and is just the latest move in an ongoing battle between the two firms.
Google have announced their plans to release Google Chrome which is a new operating system, pretty much directed competition for Microsoft Windows. Last month Microsoft relaunched its web search service called Bing which was entering battle with Google's already impressive search engine.
It will be very good to see how Microsoft plays this set of tennis style battle of the brands!
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Mark O'Donoghue
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