Microsoft's Office Web Will Do iPhone, Linux, Mac 202
CWmike writes "Gregg Keizer reports Microsoft has clarified that its upcoming Office Web service will be available to users running Mac OS X and Linux, as well as from Apple's iPhone. The key to this cross platform-friendliness: Office Web will run in Firefox and Safari browsers, in addition to IE. Introduced last month, Office Web is a lightweight version of its Office suite that runs as an online service. I think it's time for Google to embrace OpenOffice.org to take on Microsoft head-on, as CW blogger Preston Gralla has argued for and described how to go about it."
LOL (Score:1, Funny)
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaa.
That's a funny joke.
Oh Microsoft. You're so funny.
Hahahahahaha.
Compatability with non-Vista, non-Internet Explorer user experiences?
Oh jeeze. This ought to be interesting.
Here's what'll happen (Score:1, Funny)
Slashdot will find something wrong and evil about (Score:2, Funny)
Sorry Microsoft. You can the offer openid. You can provide specs to samba and mono. You can deliver free cross platform software (Office Live).
But you'll never win slashdot's heart. Slashdot permanently hates you. Stop trying. Its a double-standard-irrational-childish-stupid kinda hate, but its double-standard-irrational-childish-stupid hate regardless.
Now, if Google did this same thing, well, they'd be treated like a god. Like when Google offered OpenID and they were applaused -- the day after You guys did it and you were hated on.
Re:The real key is AJAX (Score:1, Funny)
It would just be a case of implimenting X11 server protocol or a reasonable subset of it in Java or Javascript, then you could run any X11 compliant app in a browser that can jupport it.
It's official: Internet Explorer != The Internet (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Silverblight and Mono. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:LOL (Score:1, Funny)
Re:make light weight software all the time! (Score:3, Funny)
OK then, emacs...
Wait, never mind. He said "light weight"
Re:The real key is AJAX (Score:2, Funny)
Can you please use a few more dollar signs when you post? Right now you're at the point where I simply dismiss whatever you're saying. But verily, if you use a few dozen more, I'll start to think you're just disabled and take your opinion seriously in the name of equality and progress.
Re:Silverblight and Mono. (Score:5, Funny)
It's obvious the poor guy suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder, you insensitive clod!
Re:Silverblight and Mono. (Score:4, Funny)
Someone has to say them, so here we go:
I for one welcome our twitter responding overlords.
In soviet russia, twitter responds to you.
1. twitter
2. ???
3. Profit
Imagine a beowulf cluster of twitters
Yes, but can twitter run linux
Oh, and don't forget the Nazis.
*THREAD TERMINATED*
Re:The real key is AJAX (Score:2, Funny)
You think access is bad? Have you _seen_ what some people do with excel?