I am not too sure what Microsoft's new online initiative, Office Live, will achieve. I think this was developed in response to the successful Googledocs applications. However, the Microsoft online application suite will require that one owns a licensed copy of Microsoft Office XP, 2003 or 2007. This appears, in a sense, self-defeating. What I can see is that Microsoft is hoping that the launch of Office Live will prevent a flight of existing Office users to Google.
Addendum
I have tried OpenOffice/StarOffice and Googledocs in the past. OpenOffice was horrendously slow. Googledocs was satisfactory, I guess the only thing against it is that it is unusable without an Internet connection. I don't have an anti-Microsoft bias like many manic people out there, however, Office Live is slow and ponderous, highly unfriendly.
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doesn't mean that the users won't flock to Open Office. :x
Well, OpenOffice is almost as slow and unfriendly.
The only plus point is that it is free.
With an internet connection, well, Googledocs is available.
that's true. I guess microsoft just wants to expand into more markets.... although their apps can't keep up with it.
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