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MS To Launch Internet Versions of Office And Windows

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the they're-everywhere-they're-everywhere dept.

daria42 writes "In a press conference this morning, Bill Gates said Microsoft plans to launch Internet-based complements to its core products, dubbed 'Windows Live' and 'Office Live'. Windows Live is a set of Internet-based personal services, such as e-mail, blogging and instant messaging. It will be primarily supported by advertising and be separate from the operating system itself. Office Live will come in both ad-based and subscription versions that augment MS' Office suite. The programs won't replace the paid software but instead seem aimed at diminishing Google's ad revenue. Windows Live already appears to have 'gone live' in a preview format on the web."

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  1. Bill Gates was quoted as saying by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This has absolutely nothing to do with the reason news of Goo.... Goooo... Ggggg... I can't say the name... but it has nothing to do with them and their work with Open Office.

  2. I was more impressed... by ColGraff · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have to say, I was more impressed with "Windows Live" when it was called the Google Personalized Homepage.

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    1. Re:I was more impressed... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      Uh oh... Now knoppix has competition!

  3. Re:That can't be Microsoft by inburito · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not only that, but top feed is slashdot. This is surreal!

  4. That sound you hear... by pedantic+bore · · Score: 5, Funny
    ... is your local broadband company throwing a party.

    Unless they can really trim the fat, this will be the biggest motivation for broadband since pr0n.

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  5. I love marketing-talk by kebes · · Score: 5, Funny

    "This advertising model has emerged as a very important thing," Gates said.

    Translation: "We really missed the boat on that one, and are desperately trying to catch up."

    "The live phenomenon is not just about Microsoft. It's partners, it's competitors...the whole space is being transformed."

    Translation: "I woke up one day and suddenly there was this technology company making alot of money... and to my surprise it wasn't Microsoft! I knew I had to take over that tech sector ASAP so I asked someone what all this 'online' stuff was about."

  6. Windows Live by Eli+Gottlieb · · Score: 2, Funny

    So how soon before we can have a full Windows operating system "live", complete with BSODs and malware?

  7. Re:That can't be Microsoft by R3d+M3rcury · · Score: 2, Funny

    Gee, when I ran it with Safari, I didn't get any message at all. I guess it's not coming...

  8. Re:That can't be Microsoft by AKAImBatman · · Score: 5, Funny

    It works! Really! All you need is the flash plugin, and even FireFox can run Microsoft Windows Live!

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  9. Not even paying for 1st choice! by billybob2001 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It was their 2nd choice...

    http://evil.com/ was already taken, so they thought laterally!

    Make that 3rd, http://vile.com/ is taken too...

  10. Holy Crap! by SamSeaborn · · Score: 2, Funny
    Holy Crap! This is slick!

    www.live.com -- the best drag-and-drop web implementation I have ever seen. Everything feels light and slick ... delightful.

    Watch out, Google -- MS is on the move. This is an *awesome* implementation of an interactive web interface.

    Sam

  11. Re:That can't be Microsoft by dindi · · Score: 4, Funny

    actually I tried it with firefox and it seems to be working just fine...

    actually I just tried IE : A runtime Error has occured. Do you wish to Debug?

    Line:2
    Error: 'fun' is undefined :)

    HAHAHHHHAHAHA

  12. It failed.... Google just won. by davecrusoe · · Score: 2, Funny

    First search result when "Desktop" is searched for in MS "Live": Google Desktop! http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?FORM=LIVE&q=des ktop w00t!

  13. Re:Go for it, Microsoft... by Eryq · · Score: 3, Funny
    Why would anyone PAY for something they can't have?

    ...must... not... make... hooker... joke...

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  14. No, NO. by game+kid · · Score: 1, Funny

    They're not just gonna hurt Google. They're gonna fucking kill them!

    ...or maybe not, but they (and Yahoo!) did made their personalized-portal-type things before teh Go0gley*...God knows what'll happen.

    *Google, NOT this Go0gley.

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  15. Whoops by dtfinch · · Score: 2, Funny

    They list "Google News" among the available RSS feeds.

  16. Re:That can't be Microsoft by patternjuggler · · Score: 5, Funny

    MS isn't inherenty bad. They have just made more mistakes than others, but that can change. Did you ever stop to think that they might just want to do something right?

    People who stay in abusive relationships all sound exactly alike...

  17. ActiveX by marciot · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is gonna be one hell of an ActiveX control...

  18. Re:Obnoxious PR-Speak by pe1chl · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... but that is only possible when your product actually does something, and anyone needs it!