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- shadows83, on 07/18/2009, -11/+531. For corporate users -- google, zoho et al require subscription fees. You dont know the fee of office online, so till then shut up.
2. You are comparing apples to oranges. Compare office online to google docs and then write an article. They are all free for normal users. And you dont know the quality of office online. Do it and then write an article.
3. Is there any way google provides on premise collaboration tool for companies which cannot/dont want to send their data to the cloud. NO. (even if yes, compare the prices for sharepoint with that solution. Not on-premise to online solution)
4. Every company wants people to be locked in their eco system, not just microsoft. - LANjackal, on 07/18/2009, -4/+38Buried for arguments with obvious holes:
1 - None of the competition's web apps are free for enterprise users either. Exactly where the author got the idea that this would be the case is beyond me
2 - Office Live has the option of being locally hosted, which would require a server anyway, as well as the collaboration underpinnings to go with. That's where the SharePoint detail comes in. It allows you to use MS Office remotely while keeping collaboration/sharing within the enterprise itself
3 - "Hasn't said what it means by "lightweight"" - The screenshots show it running in Firefox. It runs in a browser. What else do you want to know? That's a dumb statement since just about every web app dev makes that claim without being taken to task for it as long as they can show the service runs in a capable browser
Basically superficially the article makes sense, but it totally disintegrates under the weight of simple analysis. - LANjackal, on 07/18/2009, -0/+15Ummm yeah so Office Live isn't a downloadable product, genius. You can't torrent it any more than you can torrent Digg. Holy hell.
- DarkShroud, on 07/18/2009, -4/+17Doesn't mention the when you pay the few you get a better version than what's offered for free. People seem to be pretty damn scared of the free web version of office. Probably since it will become the choice of people who don't want to pay retail for MS Office. In part because Google Docs is garbage and Open Offce is less than steller.
And what does it matter that a few companies are looking for other options. They're going to come back after seeing how bad non-Excel spreed sheets and spreed sheet software are. - deaftly, on 07/18/2009, -4/+12OH *****, ANTI MS ARTICLE, DIGG FRONTPAGE
- FKnight, on 07/18/2009, -2/+9The author of this article, like most authors of articles bashing Microsoft, is simply trying to get hits because it is in vogue to bash Microsoft. He really either has no idea what he's talking about or he is intentionally trying to be stupid.
FACT: No online office product is free for businesses. Google, for example, charges $50 per user.
FACT: Unlike Google, Zoho, etc., Microsoft is offering the option to host their online office suite *in your own datacenter* if you don't want to use it hosted on *their* datacenter. That's when you start paying for Sharepoint.
And to top off the *****, the author has never even seen Outlook Web Access judging by his commentary on it.
Article buried as stupid. - 1hrSleep, on 07/18/2009, -0/+6What? I downloaded the internet last night, dude. I have it on my harddrive right now. The internet. All of it.
C:\Downloads\The_Internet.txt - garvin122, on 07/18/2009, -0/+6You are absolutely correct.
What hidden cost is there? Business have to pay and regular individuals get it for free. Simple as that. The office 2010 online did not come out yet so the author is in no position to say anything about the online application unless Mircosoft said something about their online application being more like Microsoft works and not office 2010. - inactive, on 07/18/2009, -0/+5Yaaaaaawn. It's not even worth debating with you since every single thing you said is just plain *****.
- Nitrodist88, on 07/18/2009, -1/+5Well, I, for one, like Open Office. It gets the job done.
- Almightymole, on 07/18/2009, -0/+3Open office is good ,but really does not replace a full copy of Microsoft Office. Until it surpasses Microsoft Office in functionally and usability will corporate users might turn to it (might). For now it remains a good free alternative to those who wish to make letters and calculate their bills.
I for one, I wish Open office would do so and that I had the programming skills to assist them. - inactive, on 07/18/2009, -0/+2*****! I just viewed Digg the other day *free* on my computer machine. And I didn't even need a keygen!
- doshindude, on 07/18/2009, -2/+4Since when is microsoft entering a market a ***** threat to everyone? Stop your antitrust mongering, this is the same ***** that the EU spewed about IE in Windows 7. It's not going to kill everything. If google is allowed to do it, Microsoft should be allowed to do it if every other company gets away with it. Competition is good, so don't try to eliminate it.
Not to mention, Office is really damn good software, whether you like MS or not. It beats the crap out of OpenOffice or Google Docs. - sodoh, on 07/18/2009, -1/+3Open Office and Symphony are free to enterprise users. You pay for support only.
Not sure about online ones. I suspect you do pay as your company data is being hosted in the cloud. - jakem1, on 07/18/2009, -2/+4Who even uses Google Docs? Any business that relies on Google for it's productivity software mustn't want to make much money and it would be pretty hard to take a company that didn't use MS Office seriously.
Google have enough information about me without having a copy of all my documents as well. - fuxxx, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1Dugg article just for the comments here
- LANjackal, on 07/19/2009, -1/+1RE: OO.o & Symphony ... did you notice I said *WEB* apps? *sigh*
- DarkShroud, on 07/18/2009, -1/+1Which is why I didn't say garbage. I won't deny it's usefulness but between the choice of a limited MS Office web app and OO I'd go with MS Office everytime. OO still needs a lot of polishing.
- inactive, on 07/18/2009, -0/+0@1hrSleep
Might wanna delete the CP before the party van arrives. In fact, you must have a LOT of sick ***** on that harddrive right about now... - roflpants, on 07/18/2009, -4/+2There is no such thing as a free lunch.
- AraleNorimaki, on 07/18/2009, -4/+1captain obvious
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.switched.com/media/2007 ... - Doubledown, on 07/18/2009, -5/+2Nothing is Free... hasn't the government taught us enough???
- Afrochu, on 07/18/2009, -10/+2Microsoft needs to distribute more Ariel porn.
- vrmagokoro, on 07/18/2009, -8/+0I like apple ads.
- spdorsey, on 07/18/2009, -11/+1Should I be so entertained when MS shoots themselves in the foot like this all the time? I almost feel guilty laughing at their lack of customer service.
- inactive, on 07/18/2009, -12/+1Microsoft is trailing the field. I find your analogy offensive. Sir, I believe your analogy of apples and Google is trailing behind. I believe you are misinformed and Google is a hard working company. If we must, we need to reconstruct the global market and take back was is ours due to inflation of the global market and take back was is ours due to inflation of the dollar.
- captaingary, on 07/18/2009, -16/+4It'll still be free on BitTorrent!
- BalancingAct, on 07/18/2009, -21/+6There often seems to be a more ominous side to things when Microsoft appears to be offering anything for 'free'
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