Comments on: Linux users will need a Microsoft Office license to use Office Web Apps http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2598-linux-users-will-need-a-microsoft-office-license-to-use-office-web-apps.html Tech writing blog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:04:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: martin http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2598-linux-users-will-need-a-microsoft-office-license-to-use-office-web-apps.html/comment-page-1#comment-672681 martin Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:22:09 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2598-linux-users-will-need-a-microsoft-office-license-to-use-office-web-apps.html#comment-672681 Well, they do care about interoperability pretty much. They are making 100% sure that their products are 100% not interoperable in order to keep users in a lock. Fortunately there are other options and I am sure not going to buy anything from microsoft anytime soon... Go for Linux and OpenOffice Well, they do care about interoperability pretty much.
They are making 100% sure that their products are 100% not interoperable in order to keep users in a lock.
Fortunately there are other options and I am sure not going to buy anything from microsoft anytime soon…
Go for Linux and OpenOffice

]]> By: Dave Lane http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2598-linux-users-will-need-a-microsoft-office-license-to-use-office-web-apps.html/comment-page-1#comment-193215 Dave Lane Fri, 14 May 2010 09:19:58 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2598-linux-users-will-need-a-microsoft-office-license-to-use-office-web-apps.html#comment-193215 Even if MS offers more than the competition (and I'd need a lot more evidence to be convinced), you'd be spending money to create content for which Microsoft holds both lock and key. They don't know or care anything about interoperability. The variant of OOXML implemented by Microsoft right now in MS Office 2010 (or that in earlier versions of MS Office) is NOT an open standard. They are liars if/when they claim interoperability, and users are hapless fools if they believe them. The only reason there's any semblance of interoperability is because *other companies* have invested untold millions (outside of the US, because it's illegal to reverse engineer there) to provide some compatibility through reverse engineering (and OpenOffice is better at opening old MS documents than newer versions of MS Office is). But MS know that they're absolutely screwed the second anyone offers full interoperability with MS Office - their monopoly prices on the main one of three parts of the entire business making money (Sharepoint, Win 7, and MS Office) will be untenable. Even if MS offers more than the competition (and I’d need a lot more evidence to be convinced), you’d be spending money to create content for which Microsoft holds both lock and key. They don’t know or care anything about interoperability. The variant of OOXML implemented by Microsoft right now in MS Office 2010 (or that in earlier versions of MS Office) is NOT an open standard. They are liars if/when they claim interoperability, and users are hapless fools if they believe them. The only reason there’s any semblance of interoperability is because *other companies* have invested untold millions (outside of the US, because it’s illegal to reverse engineer there) to provide some compatibility through reverse engineering (and OpenOffice is better at opening old MS documents than newer versions of MS Office is). But MS know that they’re absolutely screwed the second anyone offers full interoperability with MS Office – their monopoly prices on the main one of three parts of the entire business making money (Sharepoint, Win 7, and MS Office) will be untenable.

]]> By: SL http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2598-linux-users-will-need-a-microsoft-office-license-to-use-office-web-apps.html/comment-page-1#comment-193104 SL Fri, 14 May 2010 00:10:32 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2598-linux-users-will-need-a-microsoft-office-license-to-use-office-web-apps.html#comment-193104 Amazing how people keep paying good money for products that force them to follow the manufacturer's business plan when they use it...window$, iPhone, etc. I was going to say that we are a nation of sheep but I guess it is world-wide. Lucky I can still build my own box and put what I want on it. Eff'em! Amazing how people keep paying good money for products that force them to follow the manufacturer’s business plan when they use it…window$, iPhone, etc. I was going to say that we are a nation of sheep but I guess it is world-wide. Lucky I can still build my own box and put what I want on it. Eff’em!

]]> By: FreeBooteR http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2598-linux-users-will-need-a-microsoft-office-license-to-use-office-web-apps.html/comment-page-1#comment-193046 FreeBooteR Thu, 13 May 2010 17:49:15 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2598-linux-users-will-need-a-microsoft-office-license-to-use-office-web-apps.html#comment-193046 Carling: I bought my acer aspire one with linux pre-installed. You can by systems without Windows. If they tell you no, move on to the next. The one with GNU/Linux or no OS option wins the sale. Carling: I bought my acer aspire one with linux pre-installed. You can by systems without Windows. If they tell you no, move on to the next. The one with GNU/Linux or no OS option wins the sale.

]]> By: Fred http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2598-linux-users-will-need-a-microsoft-office-license-to-use-office-web-apps.html/comment-page-1#comment-193031 Fred Thu, 13 May 2010 16:23:19 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2598-linux-users-will-need-a-microsoft-office-license-to-use-office-web-apps.html#comment-193031 Carling, have you tried ZaReason, System76, or LinPC? They offer computers with Linux pre-installed, with the first two offering pre-installed Ubuntu and the other offering systems with PCLinuxOS pre-installed. Carling, have you tried ZaReason, System76, or LinPC? They offer computers with Linux pre-installed, with the first two offering pre-installed Ubuntu and the other offering systems with PCLinuxOS pre-installed.

]]> By: Carling http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2598-linux-users-will-need-a-microsoft-office-license-to-use-office-web-apps.html/comment-page-1#comment-193014 Carling Thu, 13 May 2010 14:18:15 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2598-linux-users-will-need-a-microsoft-office-license-to-use-office-web-apps.html#comment-193014 Reading some news today that MS Office 2010 will be installed on 80% of computers This sort of anti trust monopoly needs banning out right. Especially in America, One still can't buy a computer with or without any other operating system installed on it, No matter what computer store you go to, I tried to buy a laptop without Microsoft Windows but was told "Sorry sir", "we don't sell systems without windows 7", Buying direct from manufactures websites is the same, Windows 7 or nothing. Corporate control comes first, you have what you're told to have, Democracy at it's best, Microsoft controls manufactures, manufactures control the users, Like Apple Mac control the widgets,the widgets control the widget users, Reading some news today that MS Office 2010 will be installed on 80% of computers This sort of anti trust monopoly needs banning out right. Especially in America, One still can’t buy a computer with or without any other operating system installed on it, No matter what computer store you go to,

I tried to buy a laptop without Microsoft Windows but was told “Sorry sir”, “we don’t sell systems without windows 7″, Buying direct from manufactures websites is the same, Windows 7 or nothing. Corporate control comes first, you have what you’re told to have, Democracy at it’s best,

Microsoft controls manufactures, manufactures control the users, Like Apple Mac control the widgets,the widgets control the widget users,

]]> By: JaseP http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2598-linux-users-will-need-a-microsoft-office-license-to-use-office-web-apps.html/comment-page-1#comment-193007 JaseP Thu, 13 May 2010 13:33:43 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2598-linux-users-will-need-a-microsoft-office-license-to-use-office-web-apps.html#comment-193007 The only Linux user use for paying for this that I can think of would be to use some of the more "refined" features in Excel (very nice pivot table functions, I must begrugingly admit) or being able to open an Access database a co-worker created... Other than that,... why?!?! The only Linux user use for paying for this that I can think of would be to use some of the more “refined” features in Excel (very nice pivot table functions, I must begrugingly admit) or being able to open an Access database a co-worker created… Other than that,… why?!?!

]]> By: akshay http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2598-linux-users-will-need-a-microsoft-office-license-to-use-office-web-apps.html/comment-page-1#comment-192999 akshay Thu, 13 May 2010 12:52:15 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2598-linux-users-will-need-a-microsoft-office-license-to-use-office-web-apps.html#comment-192999 Exactly...and i feel the same TuxFriend...Microsoft is a sinking titanic...nothing else.. Exactly…and i feel the same TuxFriend…Microsoft is a sinking titanic…nothing else..

]]> By: TuxFriend http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2598-linux-users-will-need-a-microsoft-office-license-to-use-office-web-apps.html/comment-page-1#comment-192980 TuxFriend Thu, 13 May 2010 09:07:06 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2598-linux-users-will-need-a-microsoft-office-license-to-use-office-web-apps.html#comment-192980 Insanity when docs.google.com offer free use of the office suite with compatibility. Wiiiiiiiiiiiide of the mark. You'd have to be (micro)soft in the head to pay for this! -ha...see what I did there?! Insanity when docs.google.com offer free use of the office suite with compatibility. Wiiiiiiiiiiiide of the mark. You’d have to be (micro)soft in the head to pay for this! -ha…see what I did there?!

]]> By: Paul http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2598-linux-users-will-need-a-microsoft-office-license-to-use-office-web-apps.html/comment-page-1#comment-192860 Paul Wed, 12 May 2010 16:16:43 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2598-linux-users-will-need-a-microsoft-office-license-to-use-office-web-apps.html#comment-192860 Office 2010 offers nothing new.... and I cant see why anyone using Linux would want to pay for on-line office when Google and others are free. Office 2010 offers nothing new…. and I cant see why anyone using Linux would want to pay for on-line office when Google and others are free.

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