Microsoft Word is Desktop Software. Supposedly. Then Why Does it Fail to Load Offline?
Dave Michels’ recent post, I thought I Was So Cloud resonated well with me, since I’m experiencing the same pain regularly, even without the dramatic experience of a cashed harddisk. I’m now using 4 computers, not counting the iPad, and like Dave, “I am so Cloud”, so moving between them should be seamless. It almost [...]
Microsoft Office 2010 – A Commemorative Post
So today is launch day, the day that Microsoft Office 2010 is released out and the world gets to see what a Microsoft take on a Software plus Services fuelled office productivity suite looks like. The world has already been inundated with reflections on the product itself so it seemed a good time to hold [...]
Getting Office 2010 without Office 2010 From Central Desktop (Well Kind Of, and Conditions Apply)
I had a briefing recently from CentralDesktop CEO Isaac Garcia who was super-excited about their new product offering, Central Desktop for Office. The product is built on top of technology licensed from OffiSync and, quite simply, it gives Microsoft Office users online collaboration and a “SharePoint” experience” without Office 2010 and without SharePoint. With the [...]
My Take On Microsoft's Office On The Web
Tech pundits are going in full swing at Techmeme about the announcement by Microsoft that they will release a web based office along with Office 2010. Our own Zoli has written about it here. First, I was planning to do a post on it but decided against joining the echo chamber where my efforts will [...]
What I Expect From MS Office Web
I have zero interest in Microsoft Office 2010, the PC product. The last Office I bought was 2003, and I don’t need more: done installing and forever updating bloatware on several computers just to keep productive. Yet I am watching the Office 2010 related news this morning, for what it means to Web-based computing. The [...]
Coming Next Week?
Well all very exciting isn’t it… First the (former) owners of office.com mysteriously move to contactoffice.com. Then Mr Robert Scoble hints at some big and impressive announcement by Microsoft next week. And finally Microsoft spends a gazillion dollars making a video about Office 2010 that, while saying nothing about the product, is sure to excite [...]
