NY Times: Microsoft Working On Internet Version of Office | Linux Today

NY Times: Microsoft Working On Internet Version of Office

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 2, 1999

“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.

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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