Are lower priced apps in Microsoft's future?
BetaNews | at | by Mike
Microsoft has told its shareholders and the SEC that it is developing products "with basic functionality that are sold at lower prices than the standard version." But today, the company indicated this may not be anything new.Whether Microsoft's plans for low-priced, general-purpose applications extend beyond its already acknowledged pilot of Works SE 9 is a question still hanging in the air this evening.
In its annual report, filed last week with the SEC, Microsoft said that "open source vendors are devoting considerable efforts to developing software that mimics the features and functionality of our products." Microsoft has been developing lower-priced products in response to this competition, according to the annual report.