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		tech-historian on Dec 12, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Discontinued Microsoft Products And importantly, Microsoft Works came bundled for free with new PCs. MS Office was not.

SweetLlamaMyth on Dec 12, 2019 [–]

Wasn't it WordPad that shipped free, and Works or Word that were upsells?

Spooky23 on Dec 12, 2019 | | [–]

Works sold for $30, but was often bundled by OEMs.

duskwuff on Dec 12, 2019 | | [–]

WordPad was included with Windows.

Works was included with computers. You could also buy it separately, but a lot of users got it with their computer.

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