Office subscription service scrapped after only five months

 

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By Barry Collins

Posted on 19 Feb 2009 at 10:57

Microsoft has killed its all-in-one Office and security suite, Equipt, after only five months.

The Equipt package, which was launched in October last year, offered consumers Office 2007 and the company's OneCare security suite for £60 a year.

However, the company decided to scrap OneCare just a month later and replace it with a free security app, codenamed Morro.

Consequently, Microsoft's finally decided to ditch Equipt, too, with the service set to close at the end of April.

Subscribers are being offered a free copy of Office 2007 Home and Student and refund on the unused months of their subscription, if they fill out a form on the Microsoft website.

"After Equipt is discontinued, however, OneCare will no longer be active and you will only be able to view documents using the programs in Office Home and Student 2007, until you install your free copy of Office, or another version," Microsoft warns.

The company suggests customers replace their antivirus software with another package, until Morro materialises.