Microsoft Works to become a free, ad-funded product
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Microsofts next version of its small-business/home productivity suite, due imminently, will be free and ad-funded.
Microsoft Works 9.0 which will be the new products name, if Microsoft opts to stick with its current nomenclature might also debut at some point as Microsoft-hosted low-end productivity service, as many have been speculating. A hosted version of Works would give Microsoft a head-to-head competitor with Google Docs & Spreadsheets and other consumer- and small-business focused services, analysts have said.