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Kori Ellis
07-13-2009, 04:34 PM
http://bigtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/07/13/microsoft-office-to-go-online-for-free/
CubanMustGo
07-13-2009, 04:40 PM
Perhaps "a web-based, ad-supported version of Office 2010 to be offered at no cost" would have been a better subject.
Cry Havoc
07-13-2009, 05:16 PM
Open office is still the best thing to happen since the .doc was invented. Use it, love it, enjoy it for free. :toast
Kori Ellis
07-13-2009, 05:48 PM
Open office is still the best thing to happen since the .doc was invented. Use it, love it, enjoy it for free. :toast

Yeah I have been using it for years, but some people still prefer Office for certain things.
ducks
07-13-2009, 07:51 PM
Iwonder how much it would cost to put a add there
Libri
07-13-2009, 08:59 PM
So is Microsoft Works going to become obsolete?
TDMVPDPOY
07-13-2009, 09:24 PM
oo FTW...
duncan228
07-13-2009, 09:34 PM
I just switched to OpenOffice recently and I love it.
sabar
07-14-2009, 01:24 AM
Microsoft is threatened by OpenOffice and google docs. If they have a free online version they can ensure that their file format remain in wide use. I dunno what Microsoft is trying to do exactly with the whole open xml standardization and such, but I'm sure its evil.
ElNono
07-14-2009, 09:33 AM
Microsoft is threatened by OpenOffice and google docs. If they have a free online version they can ensure that their file format remain in wide use. I dunno what Microsoft is trying to do exactly with the whole open xml standardization and such, but I'm sure its evil.

It's anything but open. The XML format they use for their docs already has 'proprietary extensions' to the language. Obviously, only MS knows how to decode those.
They're full of it. OO and Google Docs are basically a response to the many people that are tired with their monopoly.
koriwhat
07-14-2009, 09:49 AM
OO and Google Docs are basically a response to the many people that are tired with their monopoly.

and for people who are tired of the $400 price tag that accompanies ms office. it's fuckin' ridiculous to pay $400 for a word processor, spreadsheet, email client, and a bs database app. office is bs!
JudynTX
07-14-2009, 10:02 AM
Yeah I have been using it for years, but some people still prefer Office for certain things.

At work, some of us have no choice but to use MS Office. Outlook = email

But yea, this is a few yrs too late, isn't it? :rolleyes
TDMVPDPOY
07-14-2009, 11:09 AM
At work, some of us have no choice but to use MS Office. Outlook = email

But yea, this is a few yrs too late, isn't it? :rolleyes

even large corps today dont wanan upgrade to win7 cause they cant afford it in this economy lmao
JudynTX
07-14-2009, 03:42 PM
even large corps today dont wanan upgrade to win7 cause they cant afford it in this economy lmao

Why don't they use torrents? :lol
SonOfAGun
07-14-2009, 04:25 PM
lol Microsoft vs. google is going to get so nasty.

Good for all of us.
koriwhat
07-14-2009, 04:33 PM
lol Microsoft vs. google is going to get so nasty.

Good for all of us.

i dont even know what this "google vs microshit" is all about anyhow... why google? sun has openoffice(office suite, free and better then anything google has online right now!) and opensolaris(freeOS better then the imaginary googleOS reported so far in the news).

why is there all this talk about google vs microshit when microshit is already getting stepped on by more demanding products, companies, etc?