On top of that, installing the application to a USB stick makes for the perfect (sort of), portable office. No need to worry about licensing issues either – Office Starter 2010 is not a trial version – it will not expire. Both included components function almost the same as the full editions. It seems that may well be the case since Microsoft has now released Office Starter Edition 2010 (as a freebie), which includes Microsoft Word Starter 2010 and Microsoft Excel Starter 2010 – it does not include PowerPoint or Outlook. Unless, that is, OpenOffice, LibreOffice and similar open source office suites, are in fact, “real competition” for Microsoft. This struck me as a bit unusual – after all, why waste time on those who can’t hurt your sales. In October of last year, I noted that Microsoft had begun a campaign to tear down OpenOffice by focusing on what Microsoft considered the downside of working with OpenOffice. Update: November 30 – This offer is no longer available.
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