does this mean they finally see google docs as a real threat?
they must, I can't see why anyone would pay when Google does just as good if not better
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#12Does anyone know how they have implemented it? Looking at the page source there is lots of javascript involved, as you would expect. Are they using the DOM or a Canvas that fills the screen?
The DOM.
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#13looks like a decision from Mr Satya?
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#14Is there a catch? In theory I like it, but are the users now becoming the product?
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#15They should make Office free. These days, more and more non-techie friends are starting to use OpenOffice on their own. While OO quality is no where near Microsoft Office's, OO writer and Powerpoint are good enough for simple usage. And people, don't make fancy PP anymore. They just need something that can read ppt and something they can play.
Yeah, right. Office is MS cash cow. If they charged a reasonable amount for monthly use, that would be good. Lets say, 1 dollar per month. 3 dollar for 4 users family pack. That would be great.
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#16They should make Office free. These days, more and more non-techie friends are starting to use OpenOffice on their own. While OO quality is no where near Microsoft Office's, OO writer and Powerpoint are good enough for simple usage. And people, don't make fancy PP anymore. They just need something that can read ppt and something they can play.
Big companies still need the Office/Exchange combo and will pay handsomely for it. Maybe we'll see a decent consumer version for free, but Office in general will always be a major chunk of MSFT's revenue.
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#18Was it not already? I've been using the online version of Office built into skydrive for more than a year now without a purchased copy of office. I think this is more of a renaming than a new offering.
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#19NSA will have a lot more documents now in their collection to analyze.
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Probably the same as Google Docs.