Office 2013: Microsoft Cloud Era Begins In Earnest 241
snydeq writes "Microsoft's release of Office 2013 represents the latest in a series of makeover moves, this time aimed at shifting use of its bedrock productivity suite to the cloud. Early hands-on testing suggests Office 2013 is the 'best Office yet,' bringing excellent cloud features and pay-as-you-go pricing to Office. But Microsoft's new vision for remaining nimble in the cloud era comes with some questions, such as what happens when your subscription expires, not to mention some gray areas around inevitable employee use of Office 2013 Home Premium in business settings."
Zordak points to coverage of the new Office model at CNN Money, and says "More interesting than the article itself is the comments. The article closes by asking 'Will you [pay up]?' The consensus in the comments is a resounding 'NO,' with frequent mentions of the suitability of OpenOffice for home productivity." Also at SlashCloud.
Re:Best Yet (Score:0, Funny)
The mainstream media dub every Microsoft product 'the best yet!', even when it sucks.
Anybody who believes Microsoft products are high-quality has no contact with reality. And let's not even mention their business practices.
Too stupid for Linux? Too poor for Apple? Microsoft has just your solution! Microsoft: redefining the lowest-common-denominator and calling it innovation. Yay! Hope you like malware.
This sounds harder to pirate. (Score:3, Funny)
Pass.
Re:Best Yet (Score:4, Funny)
Finally, the year of the Linux desktop is here.
Footnote: Win8 probably has more market share than Linux now by now.
Re:Best Yet (Score:5, Funny)
No, those are the homeless people.
The people switching to Linux are all in their basements, so you can't see them.