Office 2010 is Finally Coming to the Web

Microsoft finally brings their toys to the web, but is it too late?

With the formal announcement of Office 2010 going into private testing, the bigger news is that Microsoft has decided to throw down with Google and the other online Office-like software and bring this new version to the web as well. From Reuters:

Microsoft will offer for free to consumers Web-based versions of its Office suite of programs, including a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation software and a note-taking program.

Microsoft will also host one Internet business version of Office at its own data centers, charging companies a yet-to- be-announced fee. Companies with premium service contracts will have the choice of running a second Web-based version from their own data centers at no extra cost.

Still, a free version of Office could hurt sales of Microsoft’s top-selling and most profitable unit. One of Office’s most popular titles is a home version that sells for $150. It includes the four programs that Microsoft will give away.

Below is a movie that was created to herald in this new version of Office, which just shows how uncool Microsoft is and how a faux Micheal Bay-style trailer for a software is so 1998: