Microsoft Unveils Browser-Based Office Apps

snydeq writes "Microsoft followed up its Windows Azure unveiling by announcing that it will deliver lightweight versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote through the browser, a la Google Apps. Surprisingly, Office Web applications will run in Firefox and Safari, not just Internet Explorer. Far less shocking: You won't get Office Web apps free and clear as you do Google apps. The apps are meant to be an extension to locally installed instances of the next version of Microsoft Office, the same way Outlook Web Access provides access to mail without the fat Outlook client."

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Re:M$ Way or Highway, Again.

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Windows 7

Yes, just last night you were using one of your sockpuppet accounts to tell everyone about it. Didn't go well, that.

is going to come stripped of what little people liked about Vista

The hilarity here is that you were very probably one of the people who used the argument that those apps were broken as another bullet point in the "M$ sux" advocacy crusade, but now it's a veritable tragedy that Microsoft is replacing them with an installer. Actually, someone mentioned as much in response to the flamebait you posted.

All of this comes down to massive disruption and breakage of investment

If there's no way you can even justify making this point, since it's obviously not true, why even bother?