[Ouch. Trouble in Cash Cow meadow.]
OpenOffice 3.0 Promises to Bash Office
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| Others maintain that the whole model of deskbound productivity applications
| is obsolete, foreseeing a future in which businesses and individuals instead
| use lightweight online applications such as Google's Docs . It is likely,
| however, that all models will flourish in their own way-- desktop behemoths
| such as Office, alternatives such as OpenOffice, and online apps -- being
| embraced by users for different purposes.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/143711/openoffice_30_promises_to_bash_office.html
‘Albany’: New Microsoft ‘home office’ in the works?
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| Microsoft has begun inviting selected testers to be part of a beta of a new,
| consumer-focused Office-family product, codenamed “Albany.”
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1287
But wait!
Microsoft Office Lurches Online
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| The Web-based Office Live is a start, but there are some disappointments
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| Thanks to Google (GOOG) and startups such as Zoho, there are free, Web-based
| programs that can sub for Microsoft Word, Excel, and other elements of
| Microsoft Office. While these freebies have yet to make a dent in the sales
| of Office, Microsoft (MSFT) is jumping on the Web-centric approach. Its suite
| of services for small businesses, Office Live, is a useful if slightly
| awkward first step. If history is any guide, Microsoft will gradually come up
| with better and more comprehensive Web offerings.
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| The Office Live name is an unfortunate choice, since its pieces have little
| to do with Office and are certainly not Web-based versions of Word, Excel, or
| PowerPoint. Furthermore, Microsoft tends to stick the name "Live" on any
| Web-based product, so the same brand is also used for a range of consumer
| services, including instant messaging and social networking.
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http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_13/b4077000799541.htm?chan=technology_tech+maven+page+-+new_this+week%27s+column
A Near-Free, Great Alternative to Microsoft Office
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| If you and your colleagues use the Microsoft Office suite of productivity
| applications, you’re probably very familiar with how much the suite costs and
| perhaps the high cost of licensing the applications. Of course, there are
| completely free alternatives to the Office suite, such as the open source
| suite OpenOffice, but my favorite alternative falls just between costly
| Microsoft Office and free OpenOffice: Software 602’s PC Suite.
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http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/03/20/a-near-free-great-alternative-to-microsoft-office/
Google Online Spreadsheets Get New Gadgets
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| Google Docs now has a spreadsheet using the new Google Gadgets, which let
| developers add to Google Docs as Google moves closer to competing with
| Microsoft Office. The new Google Docs spreadsheet lets users graph data in
| projects, like letting your spouse know you'll be "late to your own wedding,"
| Google engineers suggest.
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http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=11100A7975G6
Related:
Raikes Steps Aside
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| Microsoft is shuffling its executive ranks, with today's surprise
| announcement that Jeff Raikes, president of the Business division, will leave
| the company. Uh-oh. He's not the only executive on the way out the door.
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| Raikes departure will have huge impact on Microsoft as it completes its 2008
| fiscal year on June 30. His division is one of two responsible for nearly all
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| Microsoft's profits.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/corporate/raikes_steps_aside.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/34mq2a
Microsoft Hides Its Mobile and Business Apps Divisions
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| The company is folding its two worst-performing divisions -- Microsoft
| Business Solutions (its business applications unit) and its Mobile and
| Embedded units -- into the Microsoft Business Division and Microsoft Home
| and Entertainment units, respectively.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1990243,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
Microsoft stoic despite massive losses
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| If you were to judge by the PR rhetoric, you'd think the 360 was
| an unstoppable commercial juggernaut. As usual though, PR lies.
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http://www.gamerscan.com/articles/06/10/09/microsofts.massive.losses/
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