Today’s news isn’t financial news in the strictest sense. I ran across an interesting article titled Microsoft Office to go online — for free By Jon Fortt. This article, as the title indicates, is about how Microsoft has decided to make some of the Microsoft Office products available for free on the Internet, which I am positive has caused a great deal of happiness for many people throughout the country!
Basically, Microsoft has been watching other companies like Google and Open Office provide free versions of “Office” like products for years (I myself use Open Office instead, and am happy with it so far) and are now getting in on the action. Their free versions of the Office software will be limited, with the ultimate goal being to up sell people into full versions of the software. However, for those of you who like Microsoft Office and don’t want to pay the premium for all the bells and whistles, this new free version (available sometime in the first half of next year) just might be for you. I know some of you might be worried that it will only be available in IE, however Microsoft says it will support Firefox and Safari as well!
Just something to keep in mind. Not only is this a great way to save some cash, but it’s also interesting that Microsoft, “king of the paid software”, is giving anything away for free!
Tags: Free stuff, Microsoft, Microsoft Office, saving money
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