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Microsoft's Office Web Will Do iPhone, Linux, Mac

Posted by timothy on from the do-is-a-flexible-verb dept.

CWmike writes "Gregg Keizer reports Microsoft has clarified that its upcoming Office Web service will be available to users running Mac OS X and Linux, as well as from Apple's iPhone. The key to this cross platform-friendliness: Office Web will run in Firefox and Safari browsers, in addition to IE. Introduced last month, Office Web is a lightweight version of its Office suite that runs as an online service. I think it's time for Google to embrace OpenOffice.org to take on Microsoft head-on, as CW blogger Preston Gralla has argued for and described how to go about it."

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  1. Slashdot will find something wrong and evil about by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sorry Microsoft. You can the offer openid. You can provide specs to samba and mono. You can deliver free cross platform software (Office Live).

    But you'll never win slashdot's heart. Slashdot permanently hates you. Stop trying. Its a double-standard-irrational-childish-stupid kinda hate, but its double-standard-irrational-childish-stupid hate regardless.

    Now, if Google did this same thing, well, they'd be treated like a god. Like when Google offered OpenID and they were applaused -- the day after You guys did it and you were hated on.

  2. It's official: Internet Explorer != The Internet by z0ink · · Score: 4, Funny

    How is this even newsworthy? So ... Microsoft gets extra credit for doing what _should_ be done with web applications? Is it that or are we all just impressed it's not Silverlight w/ DRM and a paperclip that wants to spy on you and send all your personal details back to Redmond.

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  3. Re:Silverblight and Mono. by Facetious · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's obvious the poor guy suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder, you insensitive clod!

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  4. Re:make light weight software all the time! by blueZ3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    OK then, emacs...

    Wait, never mind. He said "light weight"

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  5. Re:The real key is AJAX by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can you please use a few more dollar signs when you post? Right now you're at the point where I simply dismiss whatever you're saying. But verily, if you use a few dozen more, I'll start to think you're just disabled and take your opinion seriously in the name of equality and progress.

  6. Re:Silverblight and Mono. by Tawnos · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's obvious the poor guy suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder, you insensitive clod!

  7. Re:Silverblight and Mono. by fireman+sam · · Score: 3, Funny

    Someone has to say them, so here we go:

    I for one welcome our twitter responding overlords.

    In soviet russia, twitter responds to you.

    1. twitter
    2. ???
    3. Profit

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of twitters

    Yes, but can twitter run linux

    Oh, and don't forget the Nazis.

    *THREAD TERMINATED*

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  8. Re:The real key is AJAX by Siridar · · Score: 2, Funny

    You think access is bad? Have you _seen_ what some people do with excel?