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Microsoft Prepping Browser-based Word and Excel

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the because-they-must dept.

JCWDenton writes "In a bid to spin its web-based version of Office into contention with rival internet behemoth Google, Microsoft has said it will begin accepting applications for beta testing its web apps later this year. There is one significant difference, however: unlike Google apps, Microsoft said users of its new service can only create or edit online documents if they have Office software already installed on their machines. Microsoft said features of its Office Live Workspace would include allowing users to upload more than 1,000 documents to free personal websites."

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  1. Already have Office installed by christurkel · · Score: 4, Interesting

    And will work only Internet Explorer, let me guess. This is will be competition, how?

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  2. Pros and Cons by thatskinnyguy · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Pros:
    • Updated versions constantly
    • Access from anywhere the tubes go.
    • Ease of sharing documents.

    Cons:
    • DoS attack at Microsoft could mean loss of revenues for companies using this service
    • I never have experienced any "outages" of Office installed on my desktop. Have you?
    • Do you really own anything but your user name for this service? How expensive is a user name going to be?
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    The game.