:NY Times: Microsoft Working On Internet Version of Office
NY Times: Microsoft Working On Internet Version of Office Oct 2, 1999, 16 :07 UTC (7 Talkback[s]) (5189 reads)
"Microsoft Corp. is working aggressively
to develop an Internet-based version of its
market-dominating Office software but has not yet decided
how to price it, a company executive said..."
"Microsoft has become increasingly vocal about plans for an
Internet-based version of Office since rival Sun
Microsystems Inc. announced in August plans to give away
similar software for free..."
"The hard part is to figure out what they're going to charge
for it," said Rob Enderle of Giga Information Group.
"That's a very political process and fraught with all kinds of
difficulties."