How does Microsoft benefit from Office Live Workspace?

Question

Is Microsoft just trying out a new concept? Or are they just trying to get everyone accustomed to it before they charge a fee?

If you know anything about this I'd love to hear from you.

Answer 1

Microsoft Office Live is Microsoft's latest online-commerce sites build tools, mainly the face of small and medium-sized business owners and their employees so that they did not have more editorial pages and sites under the premise of the construction of a knowledge rapid establishment of a comprehensive business-type functions Web site and corporate resources and operational coordination and management. Microsoft Office Live is still in Beta test period, users in the United States is limited to small and medium-sized business owners, the end of 2006 is expected to officially launch the service when users of the enterprises will be extended to employees, Microsoft will consider this Service outside the United States to expand overseas markets.