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Big leap: Microsoft makes free version of Office, its cash cow (Google Docs scares MS)
MSM-Seattle Times ^
| , May 8, 2010
| Sharon Pian Chan
Posted on 05/09/2010 12:32:36 PM PDT by max americana
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so what will happen to Open Office? I know offices here who use Google Docs and it's nifty, but it's Google..
To: max americana; All
My office has gone Google literally. As for open office I find that to be a memory hog.. I think it will go away..
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posted on
05/09/2010 12:38:43 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Jesus Saves... Allah Kills...)
To: max americana; ShadowAce
...Microsoft has been forced to make a free ad-supported version called Office Web Apps.An ad based word processor? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO! Yeah, I can't wait to download that.
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posted on
05/09/2010 12:40:03 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(Someone who invades another country is NOT an immigrant - illegal or otherwise.)
To: max americana
I’m using OpenOffice. It’s a little slow (I think it’s written in Java) but meets my needs and I don’t have to be online to use it.
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posted on
05/09/2010 12:40:56 PM PDT
by
Need4Truth
(the just shall live by faith.)
To: KevinDavis
Anything you put on googledocs will be shared. Hopefully you don’t work in the medical or legal profession.
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posted on
05/09/2010 12:41:43 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: driftdiver; All
No.. I rather not say what company, but it is not for a medical or legal profession..
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posted on
05/09/2010 12:43:33 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Jesus Saves... Allah Kills...)
To: max americana
they know that the Office cash cow is ultimately going to be the victim of cloud computing on iPad and netbook type devices, so this is just trying to control the rate of descent.
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posted on
05/09/2010 12:44:46 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: raybbr
Just wait til’ you finished your accts receivables for the day and a pop up ad for Tron 2010 shows up.
To: KevinDavis
Google Docs is okay, but their spreadsheets lack functionality for things such as text-to-columns.
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posted on
05/09/2010 12:47:30 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Judas Iscariot - the first social justice advocate. John 12:3-6)
To: max americana
Microsoft is starting to run into problems. For years they had the desktop and used negative engineering to kill competing software and make their packages dominant.
They’ve had a tough, tough time in areas where they can’t use their monopoly status to leverage the marketplace.
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posted on
05/09/2010 12:47:56 PM PDT
by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
To: KevinDavis
Same thing here, our office manager began to implement Google Docs but I was more concerned about the privacy issue with Google.
Have to agree with Open Office, it’s sloooowww but if it meets the needs of others who like open source, more power to them.
To: Jeff Chandler; All
That is my big complaint, plus no database.. But it does the work..
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posted on
05/09/2010 12:49:48 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Jesus Saves... Allah Kills...)
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To: max americana
I still use M-soft Office quite a bit, but I like Google Docs, and use it more and more. And it is convenient having my data on the cloud, accessible anywhere from any device.
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posted on
05/09/2010 12:53:03 PM PDT
by
Babu
To: max americana
I luv Open Office
Begone, Evil Billy!
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posted on
05/09/2010 12:54:55 PM PDT
by
Regulator
(Watch Out!! The Americans are On the March!! America Forever, Mexico Never!)
To: max americana; All
Indeed.. We use Google Mail.. 10 times better then exchange..
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posted on
05/09/2010 12:55:20 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Jesus Saves... Allah Kills...)
To: Babu; All
Cloud computing is the future..
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posted on
05/09/2010 12:55:55 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Jesus Saves... Allah Kills...)
To: KevinDavis
Some things are going to be very interesting in the future.
Some things, like politics and civil wars and depression are going to be a bit too interesting.
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posted on
05/09/2010 12:58:34 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com << Get your science fiction and fiction test marketed)
To: max americana
Open Office doesn't seem slow on my linux laptop. About as fast as MS Office on a windoze machine. Are you using Open Office on a windoze machine?
/johnny
To: max americana
I use google docs some, and Corel’s Word Perfect myself. I’ve used open office but I like both Google Docs and Corel’s program better...
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posted on
05/09/2010 1:08:08 PM PDT
by
Knitting A Conundrum
(Without the Constitution, there is no America!)
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