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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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.