Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 8th Oct 2009 22:04 UTC
Are you familiar with Microsoft Works? It's sort of a My First Office Suite kind of thing which includes support for Microsoft Word and Excel documents. It is usually not sold separately, but instead comes pre-installed on new OEM machines. Well, Microsoft has announced today that it will kill Microsoft Works, and replace it with Microsoft Office 2010 Starter - an ad-supported version of Office 2010.
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Member since:2006-11-19
I don't say it's bad. I'm just telling what they are doing. Actually I'm able to use Windows 7, Office 2007, and Visual Studio 2008 for free due to these kinds of agreements, and I've become addicted to C#.
Nevertheless, hooking you up with their products is what MS has been doing. Previously they used pirated versions as a gateway drug, then trials, now they give away fully functional software. They know their game, since there is no way I'd pay $600 for Visual Studio, however my employer buys that whenever I'm working at a software company.
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2005-11-13
They have also sponsored DOCX filters for Open Office, so you can still use their format on your Linux/OOo machine.
Yeah, what a bunch of morons, eh? I mean, if they had any business sense at all, they'd recommend a competitor's product instead of their own.