Microsoft has chosen the name Equipt” for a package of products that includes it’s office suite ,Internet security software and other services which it will sell for a $70 annual subscription fee.
Equipt components include Office Home and student 2007 Windows live on care, Office live workspaces, Windows live mail, Live messenger and live Photo.
Bryson Gordon , a group product Manager for Microsoft Office ,Plays down suggestions that equipt is an effort to rival Google Docs and other free office suites ,such as IBM Symphony .Equipt, he says , targets people who are looking for a PC security suite-such as Windows live on care and who might forgo buying Office as well in favor of using and older copy that they might already have or might pirate. Microsoft is selling Equipt first through circuit City stores.
In determining the $70 subscription rate, Gordon says ,Microsoft took into account the pricing for bothWindows live on care($50 per year) and office home student 2007 ($150 for a one time license)
Customers can load Equipt on up to three PCs for the yearly subscription fee.
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