MS To Launch Internet Versions of Office And Windows 530
daria42 writes "In a press conference this morning, Bill Gates said Microsoft plans to launch Internet-based complements to its core products, dubbed 'Windows Live' and 'Office Live'. Windows Live is a set of Internet-based personal services, such as e-mail, blogging and instant messaging. It will be primarily supported by advertising and be separate from the operating system itself. Office Live will come in both ad-based and subscription versions that augment MS' Office suite. The programs won't replace the paid software but instead seem aimed at diminishing Google's ad revenue. Windows Live already appears to have 'gone live' in a preview format on the web."
Bill Gates was quoted as saying (Score:5, Funny)
I was more impressed... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:That can't be Microsoft (Score:5, Funny)
That sound you hear... (Score:5, Funny)
Unless they can really trim the fat, this will be the biggest motivation for broadband since pr0n.
I love marketing-talk (Score:5, Funny)
Translation: "We really missed the boat on that one, and are desperately trying to catch up."
"The live phenomenon is not just about Microsoft. It's partners, it's competitors...the whole space is being transformed."
Translation: "I woke up one day and suddenly there was this technology company making alot of money... and to my surprise it wasn't Microsoft! I knew I had to take over that tech sector ASAP so I asked someone what all this 'online' stuff was about."
Windows Live (Score:2, Funny)
Re:That can't be Microsoft (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I was more impressed... (Score:0, Funny)
Re:That can't be Microsoft (Score:5, Funny)
Not even paying for 1st choice! (Score:5, Funny)
http://evil.com/ [evil.com] was already taken, so they thought laterally!
Make that 3rd, http://vile.com/ [vile.com] is taken too...
Holy Crap! (Score:3, Funny)
www.live.com -- the best drag-and-drop web implementation I have ever seen. Everything feels light and slick ... delightful.
Watch out, Google -- MS is on the move. This is an *awesome* implementation of an interactive web interface.
Sam
Re:That can't be Microsoft (Score:5, Funny)
actually I just tried IE : A runtime Error has occured. Do you wish to Debug?
Line:2
Error: 'fun' is undefined
HAHAHHHHAHAHA
It failed.... Google just won. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Go for it, Microsoft... (Score:4, Funny)
No, NO. (Score:2, Funny)
They're not just gonna hurt Google. They're gonna fucking kill them!
...or maybe not, but they (and Yahoo!) did made their personalized-portal-type things before teh Go0gley*...God knows what'll happen.
*Google, NOT this Go0gley [atspace.com].
Whoops (Score:3, Funny)
Re:That can't be Microsoft (Score:5, Funny)
People who stay in abusive relationships all sound exactly alike...
ActiveX (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Obnoxious PR-Speak (Score:3, Funny)