Microsoft
In 1990, Microsoft introduced its office suite, Microsoft Office. The suite bundled separate productivity applications, such as Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. On May 22, Microsoft launched Windows 3.0, featuring streamlined user interface graphics and improved protected mode capability for the Intel 386 processor. Both Office and Windows became dominant in their respective areas.
Microsoft Office
Microsoft has changed its sales approach in the past years with the introduction of Office 365 in 2011 (June 28). It abandoned the traditional one-time purchase in favor of a regular (monthly or yearly) subscription for many of its offerings, all including the Office 365 label. In addition to the regular Office applications, Office 365 includes cloud-based tools (software as a service), and is sold as a monthly or annual subscription.