Suggestions for Office Online

[adeelnkhan]

Office Online (some suggestions):

i) A stripped down version of Microsoft Office. User completes their work
and would save their document on the "live drive" (internet storage) or local
storage on their pc\pda\smart fone. (kind of like http://docs.google.com)


ii) "Granularity". Not everyone wants the fully bloated version of Ms
Office, nor is the public keen on spending 300$ on purchasing it. Break every
popular Microsoft product into a) Basic b) Advanced c) *Elite.

Basic being the stripped down almost free version whereas the other two
moreso for the user who needs to choose the pertinent components in every
software package. Users who opt to go with Basic or Advanced, can simply
download (buy) the requisite add-ons they wish to acquire from the web

iii) Virtual Machine + Office. Microsoft can "rent" virtual machines loaded
with full Microsoft Office components to users. Users can thus make best use
of their time and be charged on a per min\hour basis. You guys are already
doing this in technet labs, so why not make it generate revenue from you,
whilst keeping the customer happy.
Microsoft can accomplish this via some sort of an active x widget aswell.
But I think a virtual machine + full microsoft office suite would be a better
alternative. User should be able to download the document on their local hard
drive or live internet storage. I can see this generating a lot of revenue,
specially keeping students, casual Ms Office users and even business
executives.
User should be able to open the documents in an online version of
Microsoft office for free. Also batch processing should be incorporated - for
teachers\profs etc.
If users end up spending 300$ or more on renting Ms Office Online, then
Microsoft can ship them a free complimentary copy of Ms Office (*Elite
version, not basic

I have more suggestions, but will keep it to this, pending if I get some
response or interest from Microsoft.

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[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

1. Microsoft Works.

2. Open Office (http://www.openoffice.org)

3. Not very likely - Microsoft has already tried the Software as a Rental model.


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After furious head scratching, adeelnkhan asked:

| Office Online (some suggestions):
|
| i) A stripped down version of Microsoft Office. User completes their
| work and would save their document on the "live drive" (internet
| storage) or local storage on their pc\pda\smart fone. (kind of like
| http://docs.google.com)
|
|
| ii) "Granularity". Not everyone wants the fully bloated version of Ms
| Office, nor is the public keen on spending 300$ on purchasing it.
| Break every popular Microsoft product into a) Basic b) Advanced c)
| *Elite.
|
| Basic being the stripped down almost free version whereas the other
| two moreso for the user who needs to choose the pertinent components
| in every software package. Users who opt to go with Basic or
| Advanced, can simply download (buy) the requisite add-ons they wish
| to acquire from the web
|
| iii) Virtual Machine + Office. Microsoft can "rent" virtual machines
| loaded with full Microsoft Office components to users. Users can thus
| make best use of their time and be charged on a per min\hour basis.
| You guys are already doing this in technet labs, so why not make it
| generate revenue from you, whilst keeping the customer happy.
| Microsoft can accomplish this via some sort of an active x widget
| aswell. But I think a virtual machine + full microsoft office suite
| would be a better alternative. User should be able to download the
| document on their local hard drive or live internet storage. I can
| see this generating a lot of revenue, specially keeping students,
| casual Ms Office users and even business executives.
| User should be able to open the documents in an online version of
| Microsoft office for free. Also batch processing should be
| incorporated - for teachers\profs etc.
| If users end up spending 300$ or more on renting Ms Office Online,
| then Microsoft can ship them a free complimentary copy of Ms Office
| (*Elite version, not basic
|
| I have more suggestions, but will keep it to this, pending if I get
| some response or interest from Microsoft.
|
| ----------------
| This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
| suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
| the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the
| button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft
| Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane.
|
| http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...-eff446862849&dg=microsoft.public.office.misc

 

[Beth Melton]

You may want to keep the rest to yourself - Microsoft hasn't responded
to a suggestion posted around here for quite some time now. Also, most
of what you have suggested has been 1) Considered already or 2)
Already in place.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton