MS Office to go online - For Free

Retrolock · 07-14-09, 02:30 AM

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Get this: Microsoft – the king of paid software – will announce today that it is going to give a version of Office away for free online. Both the online and desktop versions are scheduled to arrive in the first half of next year. Yes, you read that right. The latest version of its ubiquitous productivity software, dubbed Office 2010, will come as both a piece of software you can buy for your computer, and as a service you can access in your browser. [UPDATE: Microsoft says it will support the Firefox and Safari browsers as well as IE.]

http://bigtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com...line-for-free/

**crainger** · 07-14-09, 03:56 AM

Cool. We'll just install 7 and everything will work, like MacOS, but EU can't sue because it doesn't come with the OS :

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j0j081 · 07-15-09, 03:11 AM

wow this could be ownage.

Sazar · 07-15-09, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by crainger

Cool. We'll just install 7 and everything will work, like MacOS, but EU can't sue because it doesn't come with the OS :

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The EU will find a way.

LurkerLito · 07-15-09, 03:56 PM

I never liked the idea of online apps. It's just asking for someone to compromise their servers then all of a sudden your identity is stolen or some mistake on their end makes your documents that you just typed available to anyone to read and edit.

CaptNKILL · 07-16-09, 02:16 AM

Sounds "neat"... except for the fact that Office 2007 is probably the worst Office suite they've ever released.

The interface sucks, its slow and the program has a tendency to do whatever the hell it wants with your documents. I watched my sister open a file she was working with (some address labels connected to an address database), fix something, save it, close it, then open it again and have the problem return.

I've stuck to OpenOffice for the 2 or 3 times per year that I actually need office software, even though I own a legit copy of Office 2007 that I got through technet.

I just hope the free version of Office 2010 actually works. It'd be the perfect option for people like me that very rarely need to use a good Word processing program.

**crainger** · 07-16-09, 02:25 AM

That's incorrect CaptN. Office 2007 is pretty good.

07-14-09, 03:56 AM	#2
crainger Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia Posts: 29,535	Re: MS Office to go online - For Free Cool. We'll just install 7 and everything will work, like MacOS, but EU can't sue because it doesn't come with the OS ::

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j0j081 Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,789	Re: MS Office to go online - For Free wow this could be ownage.

07-15-09, 03:56 PM	#5
LurkerLito Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,550	Re: MS Office to go online - For Free I never liked the idea of online apps. It's just asking for someone to compromise their servers then all of a sudden your identity is stolen or some mistake on their end makes your documents that you just typed available to anyone to read and edit. __________________ Main PC: Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe ; Intel i7-3770k ; GSkill Ripjaws X Series 16GB DDR3 2133 (2x8GB) ; Seasonic X Series X-1050 PSU ; Corsair H100 ; EVGA GTX-670 ; Mushkin 240GB SSD system drive Old PC: ABIT IP35 Pro ; Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 ; Patriot 6GB (3x2GB) DDR2 800 RAM ; EVGA GTX480 SC ; Antec P190 Case ; EnzoTech Ultra120 CPU Cooler

07-16-09, 02:16 AM	#6
CaptNKILL CUBE Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: PA, USA Posts: 18,844	Re: MS Office to go online - For Free Sounds "neat"... except for the fact that Office 2007 is probably the worst Office suite they've ever released. The interface sucks, its slow and the program has a tendency to do whatever the hell it wants with your documents. I watched my sister open a file she was working with (some address labels connected to an address database), fix something, save it, close it, then open it again and have the problem return. I've stuck to OpenOffice for the 2 or 3 times per year that I actually need office software, even though I own a legit copy of Office 2007 that I got through technet. I just hope the free version of Office 2010 actually works. It'd be the perfect option for people like me that very rarely need to use a good Word processing program. __________________ ---- Primary Rig ---- CoolerMaster 690 II Advance - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0Ghz + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme 6GB DDR2 @ 942Mhz 5-5-5-20 1.9v (2x1Gb Wintec AMPX PC2-8500 & 2x2Gb G.Skill PC2-6400) - EVGA Geforce GTX 470 @ 750/1500/1850 (1.050v) Sparkle Geforce GTS 250 1Gb Low-Profile (Physx) - Crucial RealSSD C300 64Gb SSD - Seagate 7200.12 500Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA ASUS VW266H 25.5" LCD - OCZ GameXStream 700W PSU - ASUS Xonar DX - Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Surround - Windows 7 Professional x64 ---- HTPC ---- Asus M3A78-EM 780G - AMD Athlon X2 5050e 45W @ 2.6Ghz - 2x2GB Kingston PC2-6400 DDR2 - Sparkle 350W PSU Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 250Gb SATA - Athenatech A100BB.350 MicroATX Desktop - Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic

07-16-09, 02:25 AM	#7
crainger Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia Posts: 29,535	Re: MS Office to go online - For Free That's incorrect CaptN. Office 2007 is pretty good.