They're cannibalizing their biggest cash cow just to compete. They must be terrified.
I think you need Word installed on your computer to use this. And it probably requires I.E.
Microsoft's Web-based Office goes live
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#13This was my take at the time it was first announced: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=703627
It's a shame they went with Sharepoint as host for the business version, but meh.
I have to say the interface is pretty nice; it would have creamed the last version of Google Docs, but I think the recent docs updates levels the field a lot (to be honest, they really feel like two different offerings anyway - I like the current version of Word for "fancy" documents and docs.google for hardcore writing).
Having Powerpoint in the cloud is brilliant, on the other hand the lack of word count in Word is annoying.
All in all mixed results; I am guessing things will expand rapidly.
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#14They're cannibalizing their biggest cash cow just to compete. They must be terrified.
I think you need Word installed on your computer to use this. And it probably requires I.E.
Unless I am missing features; it works fine for me on Chrome under Linux (that's about as far away from your proposed requirements as you can get :))
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#15To try them: http://office.live.com/?docsf=1 They are pretty impressive. A bit slow and far from feature complete, but definitely in the same league as Google's suite. If Microsoft keeps their foot on the gas, they may be able to block Google's assault on Office. EDIT: I heard that they would have support for rendering 100% of offline Office's documents/features. Is that still true? Would those parts of the documents…
Thanks for the link - CNET made it impressively difficult to find in that damn article!
Did a quick trial run: Word, Excel seem alright, but my primary use-case - OneNote sync'ing - is finally addressed :) Now I don't have to futz around anymore with the slightly clumsy (but honestly kinda nice) implementation of Live Mesh to keep my OneNote notebooks sync'ed between work and home machines!
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#16Do they permit using this office live version in business?
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#17In Chrome, it's somewhat less impressive than Google Docs. Here is the entire user experience for me:
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#18They're cannibalizing their biggest cash cow just to compete. They must be terrified.
I think you need Word installed on your computer to use this. And it probably requires I.E.
It is almost ironic that you spread FUD[1] to discredit a Microsoft Product. Your statement is plain and simple wrong.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt
Re: Microsoft's Web-based Office goes live
#19To try them: http://office.live.com/?docsf=1 They are pretty impressive. A bit slow and far from feature complete, but definitely in the same league as Google's suite. If Microsoft keeps their foot on the gas, they may be able to block Google's assault on Office. EDIT: I heard that they would have support for rendering 100% of offline Office's documents/features. Is that still true? Would those parts of the documents…
I'm getting a "Complex Document: Optimise editing in Word" type message, suggesting they might not be completely confident in 100% of the offline features yet?
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#20In Chrome, it's somewhat less impressive than Google Docs. Here is the entire user experience for me: Browser not supported To sign in to Windows Live Account, try upgrading your browser. If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer, please install the latest version. If you are using another browser, try upgrading to the latest version of the browser.
Chrome 5.0.375.55 and it works for me.
But it is not as snappy as google docs are.