I actually think this is a smart idea by MS... albeit akin to spam... but still brilliant!
Vole releases free Works
Just watch the advertisements
By Nick Farrell: Thursday 02 August 2007, 19:23
CONSOLE FIRM Microsoft has released a free version of its Works office suite which will be supported entirely by advertising.
Works had been the ginger haired step-son at the Volehill since Openoffice and Google's suite of business software appeared as competition.
Vole plans to pre-install Works on computers and display advertisements stored in cache. That way punters, who are normally OEMs anyway will not have to fork out $40 for the software.
When a user connects to the Internet while using Works, the software will phone home to refresh the cache of ads.
Advertising-supported Microsoft Works will be in the shops in a few months.
