Microsoft To Shut Down Its Docs.com File-Sharing Site December 15 (zdnet.com)

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Microsoft To Shut Down Its Docs.com File-Sharing Site December 15 (zdnet.com)

Posted by msmash on Friday June 9, 2017 @11:20AM from the killing-things dept.

Microsoft will close its file storage and sharing service Docs.com Dec. 15, it said today. As a result of its $26 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, Microsoft also got SlideShare, a more popular place for sharing presentations infographics and other materials with an audience of 70 million. SlideShare represents a better platform for storing and publishing Microsoft documents, the company said. From a report: Microsoft is advising users to migrate and/or delete content they shared on Docs.com as soon as possible. As of today, June 9, creating new Docs.com accounts is no longer supported. Those with existing accounts can still view, edit, publish, download, and delete their existing content. As of August 1, publishing and editing content on Docs.com will no longer be supported.

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Just paste your documents to slashdot by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 11:23 · Score: 0

Just paste your documents to slashdot. For example, this is the first document on docs.com:
hello, world!
Wut by sexconker · 2017-06-09 11:28 · Score: 1

WTF is docs.com? WTF is SlideShare? An audience of 70 million? DOUBTFUL!
$26,000,000,000.00 well spent, though.
1. Re:Wut by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 11:49 · Score: 0
  
  show of hands of those who had heard of it....
  Not me either.
2. Re: Wut by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 11:50 · Score: 2, Informative
  
  I agree. What is docs.com? Google Docs for the win.
3. Re:Wut by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 11:55 · Score: 1
  
  Go to slideshare.net and take a look?
  It's actually a really busy site, for some reason a lot of americans aren't aware of it's existence, though.
  It's like youtube, but for slideshows basically.
4. Re:Wut by brunes69 · 2017-06-09 12:14 · Score: 1
  
  I find it very hard to believe anyone who works in any kind of job role even perephrially linked to the business world has not at one point or another read through a slide deck someone shared on SlideShare. It is EXTREMELY popular. I end up reading through presentations on SlideShare all the time.
5. Re:Wut by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 13:10 · Score: 0
  
  docs.com had the domain name but, well, microsoft was in charge. so it tanked, hard.
  slideshare was picked up with linkedin -- that's what cost the 26 billion.. still not money worth spending, but, what the fuck, they got piles sitting in the bank... iirc, they did pay cash too.
6. Re: Wut by Cmdln+Daco · 2017-06-09 13:49 · Score: 2
  
  Google Docs for the win.
  Only if your objective is for Google to win. Over you, not Microsoft.
7. Re:Wut by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 14:38 · Score: 0
  
  It's not popular with people who actually *work* for a living.
8. Re:Wut by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 14:44 · Score: 0
  
  But it's popular with their bosses.
9. Re:Wut by rtb61 · 2017-06-09 16:36 · Score: 2
  
  Docs.com is where M$ got to spy on everyone's documents, they don't need it any more because windows anal probe 10 grabs it right off the computers of the gullible. They intent is not just to steal private data but also ideas, not just individuals but also small and medium business, they are an extremely corrupt company as demonstrated by their perverse desire to invade the privacy of everyone's homes.
  
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10. Re: Wut by joh · 2017-06-09 21:36 · Score: 1
  
  Probably only popular among those who pay them for their work.
11. Re:Wut by sexconker · 2017-06-10 06:16 · Score: 1
  
  I've only ever seen people share things via internal file shares, USB, Dropbox, email, Box, Google Drive, or Google Docs.
Put it in the cloud they said. by Gravis+Zero · 2017-06-09 11:31 · Score: 4, Funny

It will be safe there they said. Lies!

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1. Re: Put it in the cloud they said. by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 15:22 · Score: 0
  
  Mod this insightful
Great, MSFT are making themselves more useless by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 11:49 · Score: 0

The more of their own formats and websites they self-destruct, the less their hold is over everybody else.
Let me say again, Satya Nadella is one of the worst CEOs that ever lived, and he is currently in charge of Microsoft.
I swear we care more about pissing off... by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 11:51 · Score: 3, Interesting

customers than actual profits. I've worked at MSFT for just over twenty-two years, and I'm sure I'm as astonished at our decisions as our customers are since they don't make a damn bit of sense. The only off the wall decisions that make sense to me are the ones to not allow vacation time since Microsoft pays out less than 2/3 of vacation time, as required by Washington state law. The company has a huge incentive to not allow any vacation time.
1. Re: I swear we care more about pissing off... by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 11:54 · Score: 0
  
  Nah, we piss off employees more than customers with our no vacation time. Been here since 2001 and haven't been allowed more than half a day off. It's no wonder that we can't keep decent employees.
2. Re: I swear we care more about pissing off... by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 11:56 · Score: 0
  
  It's more about getting rid of programmers that are married than anything else. We only want people that will work Seattle hundreds.
3. Re:I swear we care more about pissing off... by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 11:58 · Score: 0
  
  Satya Nadella costs MSFT 10s of billions every year. Please, please get rid of the useless cunt. Replace him with somebody who will sell a version of Windows without any spyware.
4. Re: I swear we care more about pissing off... by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 12:01 · Score: 0
  
  MS was clear when I was hired that we couldn't take vacation time. I have no sympathy for the liars.
5. Re: I swear we care more about pissing off... by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 12:03 · Score: 0
  
  But I doubt that we lied upfront about vacation time. When I accepted my offer from Microsoft, they were clear that we would get no vacation time.
6. Re:I swear we care more about pissing off... by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 12:04 · Score: 0
  
  That team probably demonstrated they weren't willing to work the normal "Seattle hundreds" (16 hours per day Mon-Thu and 12 hours per day Fri-Sun), so Microsoft decided to just get rid of them. I know when my team at Microsoft pushed back against those requirements, they laid-off all of us then used Washington state law to pay us less than 2/3 of our vacation time. It's much cheaper for Microsoft to just get rid of employees than keep us due to the state law.
7. Re: I swear we care more about pissing off... by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 12:05 · Score: 0
  
  This. Blame Washington state law since it makes it cheaper to fire people rather than keep them.
8. Re: I swear we care more about pissing off... by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 12:07 · Score: 0
  
  I work for a company in Seattle, and we fire people after they hit two years and then rehire them since we don't have to payout all of their vacation time. We don't do that in CA since that state requires us to payout vacation time.
9. Re:I swear we care more about pissing off... by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 12:23 · Score: 1
  
  The only off the wall decisions that make sense to me are the ones to not allow vacation time since Microsoft pays out less than 2/3 of vacation time, as required by Washington state law. The company has a huge incentive to not allow any vacation time.
  That's true of all of the tech companies in the Seattle area. That ridiculous state law encourages hiring single guys instead of men or women that are married with kids. It offers a great financial reward for not allowing time off that was earned since you can get back more than a third of the cost back. It's why that since I moved to the Seattle area in 1992 that I haven't had more than a long weekend off. My employers knew that if they denied me time off that they would get back more than a third of it. I would just simply move to CA, but the high housing costs and state income tax make that an even worse choice.
10. Re: I swear we care more about pissing off... by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 12:23 · Score: 0
  
  Washington state wants high turnover and no vacation time for the people. That's why they structured the law this way.
11. Re: I swear we care more about pissing off... by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 12:31 · Score: 0
  
  Correct. Washington state law encourages companies to screw us.
12. Re: I swear we care more about pissing off... by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 13:10 · Score: 0
  
  Why would a tech company hire a married employee on the first place? That is the crazy part.
13. Re: I swear we care more about pissing off... by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 13:48 · Score: 0
  
  No tech company hires married guys so you're full of crap.
14. Re: I swear we care more about pissing off... by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 13:50 · Score: 0
  
  This. We fired ever employee that was married except for our CEO, and now morale is much better.
15. Re: I swear we care more about pissing off... by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 14:22 · Score: 0
  
  You DO realize it is against the law to ask a potential employee if they are married, right?
16. Re:I swear we care more about pissing off... by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 14:47 · Score: 0
  
  The word you're looking for is "cast iron cunlt". Check the Urban Dictionary.
17. Re: I swear we care more about pissing off... by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 16:50 · Score: 0
  
  Uhh, Brad Smith is now our president. That means married people are just dislike now rather than hated.
Re:That's RAYSIST!!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2017-06-09 12:03 · Score: 0

There is no need to refer to Satya Nadella's race. Based on his actions, he is an appalling CEO. He makes Steve Ballmer look like the greatest CEO that ever lived.
Who? by JustAnotherOldGuy · 2017-06-10 00:53 · Score: 1

"Microsoft To Shut Down Its Docs.com File-Sharing Site December 15"
"Docs.com"? Another Microsoft service I never heard of or used. Of course, I've only been on the internet since the late 80's so I can see how it might have slipped by me.

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