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| Developer(s) | Microsoft | ||||||
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| Initial release | 1988 | ||||||
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| Operating system | MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Classic Mac OS | ||||||
| Type | Office suite | ||||||
| License | Commercial proprietary software | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Microsoft Works is a discontinued productivity software suite developed by Microsoft and sold from 1987 to 2009. Its core functionality includes a word processor, a spreadsheet and a database management system. Later versions have a calendar application and a dictionary while older releases include a terminal emulator. Works is available as a standalone program and as part of a namesake home productivity suite. Because of its low cost, companies frequently preinstalled Works on their low-cost machines. Works is smaller, less expensive, and has fewer features than contemporary major office suites such as Microsoft Office.
Mainstream support for the final standalone and suite release ended on October 9, 2012, and January 8, 2013, respectively.[2]
- ^ "Microsoft Works - Microsoft Lifecycle". Archived from the original on 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Microsoft Works - Microsoft Lifecycle". learn.microsoft.com. Retrieved 4 January 2023.