“ThinkFree.com Presents Office Productivity Solution Written For
the Web; Works Online and Offline; Is Microsoft Office
Compatible”
“ThinkFree.com today [7 Feb 2000] unveiled ThinkFree Office, a
new Web-based productivity suite fully compatible with Microsoft
Office and available free to consumers. Developed from the
ground-up in Java, ThinkFree Office is optimized for the Web. Its
patent-pending architecture delivers on the promise of anytime,
anywhere computing by supporting dial-up, broadband and even
offline use of its applications. In another announcement made
today, ThinkFree.com officially launched its applications portal
site, www.thinkfree.com, hosting the ThinkFree Office.”
“Using only a browser, ThinkFree Office can be accessed from any
platform, including Windows, UNIX, Linux and Macintosh. …
‘ThinkFree Office is about freedom,’ said Ken Rhie,
president of ThinkFree.com. ‘It frees the user from any
operating system, device or location. It even frees the user from
having to have a constant Internet connection. And, of course, the
product itself is free.’ “