Office Live not so web-based
Word is coming in from all directions about Microsoft's Office Live, the company's entry in to web-based services. Turns out that it's actually not very web-based at all, at least not in the traditional sense. Jason of 37Sigs lists some of the requirements, and I quote:
And, yepp, IE is a must. That I can understand (yet not agree with), it is a MS service after all. But the software requirements show that Microsoft doesn't really "get it" when it comes to doing things in a non software centric, top down way.
The positive part of MOL is the free domain, website and the 50 email accounts that can be set up (with 2 GB of storage per account). Despite it being advertising supported, it will be a boost for small businesses that want to get online, provide web mail to their employees etc.
Personally I'll focus on some of the other tools that MS has lined up for the future. Office Live isn't really my cup of tea, neither as a tool or as an interesting project to follow closely.
More here and here.
To use the Edit in Datasheet feature within the Business Applications and Shared Sites areas requires Microsoft Office 2003.
To export to Business Contact Manager requires Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office XP, or Microsoft Office 2000.
And, yepp, IE is a must. That I can understand (yet not agree with), it is a MS service after all. But the software requirements show that Microsoft doesn't really "get it" when it comes to doing things in a non software centric, top down way.
The positive part of MOL is the free domain, website and the 50 email accounts that can be set up (with 2 GB of storage per account). Despite it being advertising supported, it will be a boost for small businesses that want to get online, provide web mail to their employees etc.
Personally I'll focus on some of the other tools that MS has lined up for the future. Office Live isn't really my cup of tea, neither as a tool or as an interesting project to follow closely.
More here and here.
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