I would pay for it.  Just maybe not many hundreds of dollars.

Can't believe Microsoft supports its the most lucrative application running on OS in its enemy camp. Same strategy that Google allows Google apps run on iOS that could kill Apple from inside? Interesting

+Terrence Miao they may have no choice, as competitors products improve.  Does Microsoft want its office suite to go the way of Word Perfect?

2014 : year of linux on the desktop? :P

+Casper Casper How true! The pencil pushers only need Words, Excel, Outlook, and they can't tell whether it's Windows or Linux if they are banned to play Minesweepers

They've got no choice. People are flocking to online document services like Google Doc's. This is going to be their last ditch effort to make money from their old outdated monolithic software suites.

+Dean Budd I always think you are a person has no ideas how to write a tech doc in Words, and how to fill your timesheet in Excel. That's why you are always the Tenrox most wanted. Haha

HAHAHA!