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Microsoft Brings Real-Time Collaboration To Free Office Web Apps

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Re: Microsoft Brings Real-Time Collaboration To Free Office Web Apps

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I think I don't get the point. Real-time collaboration is something we have already (google docs, hackpad, ...). And besides, if it's true that it works only for IE, what's the point? EDIT: A guy in this thread told it works only for IE, then this statement was fixed in "also works on Chrome". Since I'm a GNU/Linux user I could not verify myself.

Where did you see that it only works in IE?

Re: Microsoft Brings Real-Time Collaboration To Free Office Web Apps

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I think I don't get the point. Real-time collaboration is something we have already (google docs, hackpad, ...). And besides, if it's true that it works only for IE, what's the point? EDIT: A guy in this thread told it works only for IE, then this statement was fixed in "also works on Chrome". Since I'm a GNU/Linux user I could not verify myself.

Who said it only works in IE? Works in Chrome for me.

Re: Microsoft Brings Real-Time Collaboration To Free Office Web Apps

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7 years after Google Docs. What am I missing?

So just because other tools have this feature it is bad that Office gets it too? I use Microsoft Office and this is certainly a welcomed feature.

This feature has been essential for so many years that I've stopped using Office entirely. Most of my docs are shared and edited among a few collaborators.

I'll reconsider office 1.) when it is free 2.) when it works seamlessly on a Mac.

Re: Microsoft Brings Real-Time Collaboration To Free Office Web Apps

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It is free? MS released their main product for free? Unbelievable. Their must be some catch here or I am missing something, either functional restrictions or buying a skydrive account. Well, looking forward to trying this out. Potential to be big in academic environments, especially with formatting fidelity.

Re: Microsoft Brings Real-Time Collaboration To Free Office Web Apps

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I think I don't get the point. Real-time collaboration is something we have already (google docs, hackpad, ...). And besides, if it's true that it works only for IE, what's the point? EDIT: A guy in this thread told it works only for IE, then this statement was fixed in "also works on Chrome". Since I'm a GNU/Linux user I could not verify myself.

>EDIT: A guy in this thread told it works only for IE, then this statement was fixed in "also works on Chrome". Since I'm a GNU/Linux user I could not verify myself.

I'm pretty sure there's a version of Chrome for Linux.

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