Free Microsoft Office 2010
A version of Microsoft Office 2010 will be offered for free, with advertising support
A version of Microsoft Office 2010 will be offered for free, with advertising support
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Free Office 2010 from Microsoft
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The_Unbeliever
Honorary Master
Do. Not. Want.
If it's like Office2007, then it'll be bloated and slow.
If it's like Office2007, then it'll be bloated and slow.
Dan C
Honorary Master
Will stay with openoffice, thanks.
MS are chasing away small business users with their Office pricing. We have 7 licenses (2007) and the upgrade will be just too expensive. We have been evaluating openoffice on a workstation. Just a pity there is nothing quite like Outlook/Exchange; similar but not as complete.
Bismuth
Expert Member
Uhm, I already use a free Office suite, and it doesn't have ads, pray tell why on earth I would want this?.
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hj2k_x
Honorary Master
What a sad attempt this is.
tjunyat
Senior Member
As always, M$ missed the plot.
OpenOffice ftw!
OpenOffice ftw!
diabolus
Executive Member
Geez people, it's free..., who cares if it's bloated or got microsoft branding all over it, it's still free.
At the end of the day, i still prefer MS Office over Openoffice.
At the end of the day, i still prefer MS Office over Openoffice.
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Well done MS, at least you are trying to be a bit more innovative and accommodating! That is a good sign.
blaaislaai
Executive Member
No thanks, I'll stick to my openoffice. Smaller download and it's got the same features than office
Google apps is pretty decent...
We have just migrated our Exchange to Google Apps Premium, does everything Exchange can do and a whole lot more!
"The product is to come pre-loaded on new PCs."
Sorry to be a pain but this is assuming that your new PC comes with MS Windows. What if I buy my PC without an OS or with another OS, as I do. MS's market share is going down and so should the assumptions.
Feel free to ignore me, just feeling grumpy on a Friday afternoon
Sorry to be a pain but this is assuming that your new PC comes with MS Windows. What if I buy my PC without an OS or with another OS, as I do. MS's market share is going down and so should the assumptions.
Feel free to ignore me, just feeling grumpy on a Friday afternoon
Smiley_lauf
Expert Member
Tell me somethin'? What sorta applications come bundled in this so called Free (as in beer free)--Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Access, etc??
There is good reason for a free version. It's called lock-in. My bet is that MS is trying to eliminate the .ODF standard.
I would imagine Word and Excel only. In Vista they already give you Mail which handles home user email perfectly so they would not give you Outlook which is more aimed as business type use. PowerPoint and Access too are business orientated so I doubt it, the only thing PowerPoint is useful for the home user is to view annoying forwarded emails.
AirWolf
Honorary Master
I'm still happy with Office 2000.