Friday, August 3, 2007

Works free but ad-driven

With all the hype being gathered up by Microsoft Office 2007, there is a tendency to forget about Microsoft's other office suite known as Microsoft Works. For many years, Works has been seen by many as the less-expensive, bare-essentials version of Office. While Works has always been a somewhat attractive option due to its low price, competition from OpenOffice and Google Docs & Spreadsheets has forced Microsoft to do something drastic: <A HREF="http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2007/07/30/microsoft-works-for-free">release Microsoft Works 9.0 for free.</A>

Satya Nadella, Microsoft's corporate vice president of Search & Advertising, recently said that the upcoming release of Works, presumably titled Works 9.0, will definitely be funded by advertisements. A free, ad-driven version of Works has been in Microsoft's plans for some time.

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