Comments on: Microsoft Office Web App to Launch Monday?

By: lokmane

lokmane — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:12:52 +0000

and it will be free

By: Pankaj

Pankaj — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:00:44 +0000

I wonder what kind of collaborative environment Office web apps will be compatible with. As in, not just the document collaboration itself, but thinks like the ability to store and organize documents for groups, add permissions to documents themselves or folders, plus integrate document management with other collaboration tools – workspaces, project management, calendars etc.

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By: Office 2010 Includes Office Web, But Not Available Until Next Year

Office 2010 Includes Office Web, But Not Available Until Next Year — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:26:02 +0000

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Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:58:01 +0000

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By: Simon Mackie

Simon Mackie — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:23:10 +0000

Absolutely — but whether MSFT will deliver the collaboration we all crave, who knows?

By: committedexpertise

committedexpertise — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:39:02 +0000

In one of the Microsoft Meetings I attended in Chennai, India, the speaker announced that Microsoft has plans and gearing up to get in to all tenets of cloud computing, like Infrastructure, Platform and Software. IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.

Sure, we should be hearing more news from Microsoft in future…

Malick Md PMP
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malick.md@committedexpertise.com

By: Roman Geyzer

Roman Geyzer — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:20:38 +0000

Oh…and one more point I forgot to mention…I hope MSFT beats the pants off Google docs so that Google actually throws some resources behind improving the pace of Google Docs’ evolution. Google has squandered enormous first-mover advantage by not evolving that product faster.

By: Roman Geyzer

Roman Geyzer — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:18:45 +0000

Despite my love and support of all things Google, I have to say I’m more excited about Office in the Cloud than I am about ChromeOS. If MSFT comes close to matching Google’s collaborative features while retaining much of the current Office functionality, they will have a real hit on their hands.

By: Rahul Krishnakumar

Rahul Krishnakumar — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:12:47 +0000

Google’s offerings of “word, excel, and ppt” are too simple and lightweight. Google Docs (formerly known as Writely) lacks some serious features and might need a complete revamp when Microsoft unleashes it’s set of Office Web Apps.

Fortunately, Microsoft has created this advanced online offering using AJAX, and will offer an even nicer version that will require Silverlight. The option to download a plug-in is up to the user. A very nice move, and they seem to be testing it in Firefox and Chrome, so it should work across all browsers. In terms of pricing, hopefully it should be bundled right alongside Office 2010, therefore buying a copy of Office 2010 allows you to use the Office Web Apps, and there are also plans for an advertisement-based version as well.

More will be known on Monday.

By: Mayank Agarwal

Mayank Agarwal — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:54:30 +0000

hmm….. that could an obvious step from MS…letz keep the fingures crossed.. but sure we must expect some big announcements on mon.

By: Simon Mackie

Simon Mackie — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:49:09 +0000

they already have 500 million users. Presumably everyone with Office 2010 gets access to the new online version.

By: WebTechWatcher

WebTechWatcher — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:58:38 +0000

Don’t forget to check out one of the up and coming collaboration sites out there, http://www.MyDataNest.com. It may be from a smaller company but the design makes collaboration and sharing very easy.

By: geek

geek — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:28:00 +0000

It would be interesting to see how Microsoft fares in Cloud compared to google. Google offers word, excel and ppt free.
Can MS do the same to attract customers ?