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#435554 - 07/13/09 03:29 PM Microsoft to put Office online.
Reboot Registered: 04/21/02 Posts: 10085 Loc: Columbus OH	Maybe I'm late to the party? It's the first I remember hearing about it. _________________________ AppleCentral Trivia MM-MCF Trivia Now my site needs a banner
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#435573 - 07/13/09 05:31 PM Re: Microsoft to put Office online. [Re: Reboot]
carp Dino's are Babe magnets Registered: 04/19/02 Posts: 26018 Loc: Hawaii	Seems to me if this is true The MS free version of Office will be riddled with advertisements that old left , right and that top banners thats change all the time . Is the extra distraction worth it to you ? ? _________________________
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#435644 - 07/14/09 05:37 PM Re: Microsoft to put Office online. [Re: Reboot]
MacBozo Nut Dood Registered: 04/20/02 Posts: 15822 Loc: Pinellas Park, Florida	I think the free part is new. Would you trust your documents to M$ servers? _________________________
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#435653 - 07/14/09 06:37 PM Re: Microsoft to put Office online. [Re: MacBozo]
Reboot Registered: 04/21/02 Posts: 10085 Loc: Columbus OH	Hopefully you can store them on your computer too. _________________________ AppleCentral Trivia MM-MCF Trivia Now my site needs a banner
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#435659 - 07/14/09 08:05 PM Re: Microsoft to put Office online. [Re: Reboot]
FSM Pastafarian Registered: 05/20/07 Posts: 5142	Google has forced Microsoft's hand on this. i think Microsoft is doing the right thing for the first time in a long time. we'll see if their implementation lives up to the hype before i really give them any kudos.
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#435665 - 07/14/09 08:44 PM Re: Microsoft to put Office online. [Re: FSM]
carp Dino's are Babe magnets Registered: 04/19/02 Posts: 26018 Loc: Hawaii	Right Knowing MS their cloud base will be PC and IE only _________________________
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#435666 - 07/14/09 09:29 PM Re: Microsoft to put Office online. [Re: carp]
FSM Pastafarian Registered: 05/20/07 Posts: 5142	the article says it'll work with Firefox and Safari as well. just FYI.
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#435670 - 07/15/09 01:05 AM Re: Microsoft to put Office online. [Re: FSM]
carp Dino's are Babe magnets Registered: 04/19/02 Posts: 26018 Loc: Hawaii	I Know I was making a stab at when MS gave out these web creation tools years ago for free - and forgot to mention to the end user that using those free tools made their web sites IE and PC specific . Sorta a cloak and dagger approach to a monopoly _________________________
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#435673 - 07/15/09 01:59 AM Re: Microsoft to put Office online. [Re: MacBozo]
carp Dino's are Babe magnets Registered: 04/19/02 Posts: 26018 Loc: Hawaii	Originally Posted By: MacBozo I think the free part is new. Would you trust your documents to M$ servers? Turns not so free after all , if ya a business user and seems like to me that the free Office version is stripped down ? _________________________
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