A lower-cost, subscription-based Office bundle may be less of an effort to undermine Google Apps and more about promoting Microsoft's OneCare antivirus service.
In a bid to drive new subscription-based revenue from consumers, Microsoft plans to begin selling a subscription service for the home and student edition of its Office productivity suite, starting in mid-July.
With its $69.99 annual subscription fee, the new Microsoft Equipt bundle may appear like a swipe at software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings, which are delivered over the Web, and for which users similarly pay subscription fees.
But rather than getting its feet a little more damp in SaaS -- an area where it's thus far been reluctant to wade too deeply -- Microsoft has other aims with Equipt.
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