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Microsoft Plans to Give Away Office 2010 – Office Starter Edition

 

 

 

Microsoft is moving in the direction of an inventory-less product by pursuing this approach. Since the full suite will already be installed

 

on the system, the only inventory that retail outlets have to carry is the product key. More still, users will be able to purchase the key

 

online and install the upgrade directly, bypassing the retail outlet completely if necessary.

 

Microsoft is estimating that 80% of all PC’s will have the Office Starter suite installed after the 2010 product is released. This slimmed

 

down version replaces the Microsoft Works suite. The versions of Excel and Word are not the full operational version, but they will allow

 

users to perform many basic functions. That should be enough to whet the appetite for those users, Microsoft is betting, to go for the full

 

suite.