Posted on July 13, 2009 - by Kristopher

Has Microsoft One-Upped Google?

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The new Microsoft search engine Bing is gaining ground on search engine giant, Google. The news regarding such a historic feat has been well documented. In fact, bing’s popularity may have overshadowed a more important and stunning announcement.

Make sure you’re seated. Ready? Microsoft will allow free access to Microsoft Office 2010. That’s right, the king of paid software (Microsoft) will give away Office 2010. FOR FREE! That in and of itself is amazing.

The software suite will come as both a piece of software you can buy for your computer, and as a service you can access in your browser. According to Microsoft, Office 2010 will be compatible with Safari, Firefox, and Internet Explorer.

Now, this is epic. With the introduction of bing and now a free online document suite, Microsoft may actually be waking up from its capitalistic coma. My take? This could be a new marketing tactic to cater to the younger generation who seems to be in favor of open source applications.  Regardless, professionals and students should be estatic regarding the annoucement.

I personally love my Office 2007 Suite and use it often. 2010 should be even better, especially now that it’s free! Did I mention that Microsoft is poised to give away some software for free?