Subject | Re: Nokia Lumia 920. |
From | Steve de Mena |
Date | 01/02/2013 09:48 (01/02/2013 00:48) |
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LewisNot sure where your getting your facts but Q4 2012 results from Microsoft had great numbers for the Office division. And this was before they released their latest Office Suite, which is very much cloud enabled.
In message <vMGdnSy76IWQk0LNnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@giganews.com> Steve de Mena <steve@demena.com>wrote:Steve de Mena
On 12/26/12 10:45 AM, Alan Baker wrote:NashtonAlan Baker
-A version of Office
Which is increasingly irrelevant.Steve de MenaLewis
Oh, did Microsoft Office's near universal dominance in the word processing and spreadsheet arenas somehow diminish while I was sleeping last night?
Evidently. Google Apps has been taking away shit-tons of share from Office (especially from Word, but also from Excel), though I doubt this is counted. Even MSTF says sales of Office are down though.
In fact, I know many companies that have dumped Office completely in favor of Google Apps. They might still have one office license on the accountant's machine, or the main secretary so they still have THAT if their connection is offline. But really? They wander over to the coffee shop for a cup of coffee and to finish up their edits if they are really pressed. There is one company I deal with that is all Google Apps, and they have three different internet connections load balanced so that they don't lose connection (one cable and two DSL from separate companies on separate lines).
In fact, the only people I know who are still using Office are either 1) retired and are using a 10 year old version that they had when they were working or 2) work for an organization that *requires* they use LookOut for their email.