Update: From a Microsoft spokesperson comes a confirmation and explanation: I've asked Microsoft if the company has any more to say about the apparent discontinuation of Office Starter. The 'Transition OPK' is now the only download available," said one of my contacts, who requested anonymity. The rest of the product then gets downloaded over time."The website for OEMs to order Starter licenses is now disabled, and all of the links from the Office OPK pages have been pulled. Instead of waiting for the whole product to download, users can click a button and start using the software as soon as some of the basics are downloaded. Called "Click to Run," it brings the notion of streaming to software. Microsoft is also trying out a new method for those that already have a PC to try out Office 2010, once it is available. Numoto wouldn't detail how that might work with Office Starter. In the past, though, PC makers have had an opportunity to earn back money if customers upgrade from a trial version of Office to the full version. Numoto would not go into financial details for Office Starter, but did say that it is a "royalty-bearing" product for Microsoft, as Works was. Several years back, as part of a ThinkWeek paper seen by CNET News, Microsoft workers recommend that the company scrap Works in favor of an ad-supported product, saying Microsoft only got a couple dollars of revenue per PC when Works was included.
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