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by banana_giraffe 1735 days ago
It was:

https://web.archive.org/web/20060430185620/http://g.msn.com/...

A link to download an Office Trial, which at the time was just the full version of office which worked without a key for a trial period.

I seem to recall there was an online store for Office to purchase a key.

Though, I suspect you're right, most people probably bought a box back then. These days, I'd expect the average consumer to use the preloaded Office stubs on new PCs.

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This seems like a symptom of forgetting 2006 was 15 years ago. I did the math this time but if someone off hand mentions 20 years ago I still think of the 90s.