Microsoft Renovates Office Suite as a Web Service

foobsr writes "According to an article in EcommerceTimes, Microsoft is trying to migrate Office from a product to an online service with a focus on automating collaborative work. Quote: 'Making collaboration faster, easier and more efficient will be the next revolution in worker productivity, and we want to be in the forefront,' said Peter Rinearson, vice president for new business development in Microsoft's information worker group"."

Comments

This is probably flame bait.....but.....

[Savet Hegar]

What would be truly innovative is for Microsoft to make their office software truly compatible with multiple platforms and competing programs.

Of course there is a downside...microsoft might lose some of their 90+% market share, but then people might start seeing them as an innovative company who actually plays well with others.

It always irritates me when they try to incorporate new "features" into their products that do little more than lock the competition out of the game.

Viral Heaven

[bishop666]

Is it just me or is this a virus writers wet dream? Wouldn't a virus infecting the Microsoft server be downloaded onto every machine using the service? I'm sure they'll claim airtight security, that would be a first, but it feels a potentially great way around a firewall.