Microsoft Phasing Out Office Starter Edition

Posted by Soulskill on Friday June 22, 2012 @04:02PM from the decreasing-bloatware dept.

nk497 writes "Microsoft has started phasing out its Office 2010 Starter edition, ahead of the arrival of Windows 8. Office Starter was included in the OEM pre-installation kit (OPK) of software sent to manufacturers, and included ad-supported versions of Word and Excel, but not Outlook or PowerPoint. That will be replaced with an Office 2010 Transition OPK, which will instead push users to download a trial of the Office suite and offer a link to buy the full version. The free Office Web Apps will also be available for users not wanting the full version."

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Re:Who cares? by sdnoob · 2012-06-22 16:22 · Score: 5, Insightful

actually, a lot of people use office starter, even in soho environments.. and that's microsoft's "problem", it was cutting into sales. not enough people actually *buying* their overpriced office products.
plus, some clever folks online have figured out how to install starter on any newer (vista or seven, i think) pc.
Re:Who cares? by Tough+Love · 2012-06-22 16:55 · Score: 5, Insightful

Libreoffice cares, that's who. This boneheaded move by Microsoft will be good for at least doubling the downloads.

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