Microsoft said Wednesday that it's ready to start offering a paid-subscription version of its Outlook e-mail program, marking the first time the software giant has made a component of Office available as a subscription service.
Known as Microsoft Office Outlook Live, the service includes a subscription version of Outlook 2003 to connect with Hotmail or MSN e-mail accounts. For $59 a year, customers get an e-mail account with 2GB of storage and the ability to send individual messages with up to 20MB of attachments. Customers can also check multiple e-mail accounts, including corporate accounts that are managed through an Exchange server.
With Outlook Live, the software giant is trying to offer more to the power users among the Hotmail crowd--those that use Hotmail extensively but don't necessarily own a copy of Office, Microsoft lead product manager Brooke Richardson said.
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Jan 20, 2005, 07:13 AM
