Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Free Web-Based Version of MS Office?
Linux Insider reports that Microsoft is "considering" an ad-supported version of some of its productivity tools.
This reminds me of an old grade school story problem:
When is Microsoft going to make the jump?
Considering that MS Office competition (Google, Open Office, etc.) offers some mighty free and fabulous online productivity tools -- why is MS still sitting on an old, sinking log?
The beta version of MS Office 2007 -- with lots of ribbons and bloat -- is sort of like jumping from a log to a shiny new boat loaded with tons of junk.
Passengers like me are nervously looking for life rafts.
And free online productivity tools like Google Spreadsheets and the amazing word processing program Writely run more like speedboats than life rafts. These free programs will get me where I need to go quickly, cheaply, and easily.
And isn't that the very definition of productivity? ¶ 9/26/2006 09:31:00 AM
Linux Insider reports that Microsoft is "considering" an ad-supported version of some of its productivity tools.This reminds me of an old grade school story problem:
- Two frogs are sitting on a log.
- One is thinking about jumping off.
- How many frogs are on the log?
When is Microsoft going to make the jump?
Considering that MS Office competition (Google, Open Office, etc.) offers some mighty free and fabulous online productivity tools -- why is MS still sitting on an old, sinking log?
The beta version of MS Office 2007 -- with lots of ribbons and bloat -- is sort of like jumping from a log to a shiny new boat loaded with tons of junk.
Passengers like me are nervously looking for life rafts.
And free online productivity tools like Google Spreadsheets and the amazing word processing program Writely run more like speedboats than life rafts. These free programs will get me where I need to go quickly, cheaply, and easily.
And isn't that the very definition of productivity? ¶ 9/26/2006 09:31:00 AM
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It is, but unfortunately, web-based applications will often not satisfy the needs of business users who need to do complex tasks such as mail merges via a database (access / sql).
Open office is another matter.. it's quite good, but I don't think the majority of corporate america is ready to adopt the concept of a free productivity suite to drive its business.
Cheers.
Kiltak
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Open office is another matter.. it's quite good, but I don't think the majority of corporate america is ready to adopt the concept of a free productivity suite to drive its business.
Cheers.
Kiltak
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Open Office is definitely great, but there have been some security holes found in it recently.
Your comment drives home the point that you should utilize whatever you are most productive (and safe) using!
Your comment drives home the point that you should utilize whatever you are most productive (and safe) using!
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: 1:30 PM, October 14, 2006
: 1:30 PM, October 14, 2006
Excellent points, kiltak & maximillian x...
Leads to another question: what would make corporate America ready to accept an open source, free platform?
If the issue is security, Microsoft's recent record with its plethora of patches isn't holding up any better than OO. Indeed, it is even worse.
So really, what is it that prevents Corporate America from embracing perfectly suitable open source apps?
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Leads to another question: what would make corporate America ready to accept an open source, free platform?
If the issue is security, Microsoft's recent record with its plethora of patches isn't holding up any better than OO. Indeed, it is even worse.
So really, what is it that prevents Corporate America from embracing perfectly suitable open source apps?
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