Microsoft's Free, Online Version of Office To Premiere This Week 264
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from the file-formats-matter dept.
walterbyrd writes "Microsoft will offer an online version of Office 2010 for free. I have to wonder, will this remain free indefinitely? Or is Microsoft just trying to firmly establish its OOXML standard, then go back to business as usual?" Probably a harder sell after Google's acquisition of DocVerse.
Re:Don't forget GUID. (Score:5, Funny)
Remember that all Office applications embed a GUID in the document. My guess would be that the online version would as well. So your privacy is up for grabs.
Oh joy! Does this mean I'll be able to track my documents via Facebook or will Facebook just do it for me without my knowledge?
Re:Change in business model ? (Score:4, Funny)
And at what point will there be a free windows version?
When they can get it to run in internet explorer.
How exactly do you pitch this to management? (Score:3, Funny)
How about something like this?
"Well, you see, Google got hacked, they had the code to their global authentication taken, who knows what the hackers found there and what access they've got now... So, we decided to go with Microsoft instead."
Re:Don't forget GUID. (Score:1, Funny)
Does this mean I'll be able to track my documents via Facebook or will Facebook just do it for me without my knowledge?
First one, then the other.
Re:second post (Score:5, Funny)
You have shit on your dick? And you're calling someone else a "faggot"?
Re:Is it safe? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Business model (Score:2, Funny)
That's true, so long as all you're trying to search is C:
Re:Don't forget GUID. (Score:4, Funny)
Remember that all Office applications embed a GUID in the document. My guess would be that the online version would as well. So your privacy is up for grabs.
Look...
We're talking about storing documents - as in, text, spreadsheets, etc - in "the cloud". Which is to say, the storage provider has full access to their contents.
What. Fucking. Privacy?