MS to offer online software

[Robster]

From BBC news:

Microsoft is planning free-web based versions of its word processing and spreadsheet programs.

The online versions of the programs will lack many of the features found in the full versions found in Microsoft's Office suite of applications.

Although the programs will be free to use, Microsoft is planning to fund them via advertising.

The move is seen as a rebuff to Google and others which already offer free versions of these types of programs.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5370144.stm

 

[temi]

MS,
Following in Sun and Google foot steps

 

[PrivateInvestigator]

I think its good that google has forced MS to do this, as to be honest Word is overpriced nowadays and alot of people are using free word processing packages as well.

 

[Duke]

Now if only google would offer an OS to compete with Windows, Vista or Longhorn or whatever it's called this month.

 

[temi]

that is highly improbable