Microsoft Outlook for Hotmail
p2pnet.net News:- Microsoft wants to sell Outlook email to Hotmail customers.
The new $59.95 a year subscription service, “will let people organize e-mail, contact lists and calendars in their online Hotmail accounts using the Microsoft Outlook program most often found on businesses’ desktop computers,” says the Associated Press, going on:
“The move comes as Microsoft’s competitors also appear to be looking for ways to help people better organize and manage their growing e-mail inboxes.
“Google’s Gmail system, which offer 1 gigabyte of mail storage, takes advantage of the company’s powerful search engine technologies. Meanwhile, Yahoo has in the past year acquired Oddpost Inc., praised as a Web-based e-mail service that works more like a desktop application, and Bloomba, which some say is more nimble than Outlook. But Yahoo hasn’t said what it will do with those technologies.”
Microsoft’s web site sells Outlook as a stand-alone product for $109, says AP, adding that this is the first time Microsoft has offered Office products on subscription.
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$59.95 a year - Microsoft to sell Outlook e-mail program, Associated Press, January 19, 2005
January 20th, 2005 at 9:17 pm
What kind of person would actually pay for crap like outlook?