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MS To Launch Internet Versions of Office And Windows

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the they're-everywhere-they're-everywhere dept.

daria42 writes "In a press conference this morning, Bill Gates said Microsoft plans to launch Internet-based complements to its core products, dubbed 'Windows Live' and 'Office Live'. Windows Live is a set of Internet-based personal services, such as e-mail, blogging and instant messaging. It will be primarily supported by advertising and be separate from the operating system itself. Office Live will come in both ad-based and subscription versions that augment MS' Office suite. The programs won't replace the paid software but instead seem aimed at diminishing Google's ad revenue. Windows Live already appears to have 'gone live' in a preview format on the web."

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  1. Re:That can't be Microsoft by kubevubin · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It doesn't appear to work in Opera

  2. Re:No, NO. by chris_mahan · · Score: 0, Redundant

    At the risk of being redundant (not that that's ever stopped me before) I'm going to echo that. I /., gmail, google news, bbc rss, and a few stocks... Very handy.

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