Recently was presented the pre-beta version of Windows 7 and this was also an opportunity for Microsoft to announce the forthcoming news about Office.

It seems that Microsoft Office is ready to take the path of the Web: a version (of course relieved) suite of Redmond, will be available online, perhaps as early as the end of this year, and will work with other browsers and operating systems.

More precisely, as he replied on Channel 10 blog questions from users, Microsoft Office Web Application work on different platforms, such as Firefox (for Linux) and Safari (Mac and iPhone).

How to reconcile the compatibility with the iPhone platform and use of technologies such as Silverlight and Flash? According to Channel 10, these technologies will be essential: it is obvious that if supported improve the experience of use (with a better rendering or the possibility of additional functions such as upload multiple) but the Office Web Application will be able to do without it .

None of certain conditions of use suite of online, but it is hypothesized that can be made available two versions: a free (supported by advertising) and a fee.