Being a big Office user for years, I have started to move off of MS Office and into Mac based application, mainly due to the fact that I have purchased 3 Macs for the house and office. Then Microsoft throws me a wrench. It appears that MS Office 2010 Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and OneNote will be free web based applications for use. You will be able to use the application, store your data on the MS Cloud, and retrieve it any time from any machine, any where on the planet, as long as you have internet access.
This is an interesting move for Microsoft, since Office and Windows are their top money making products. I guess that Google Doc’s has been a thorn in their side for some time now and this is Microsoft’s way of regaining some of the spread that they have lost due to free apps from the likes of Google.
I hope that Microsoft holds true on their idea of giving away Word, Excel, etc web versions…I myself will at least give it a try, no promises though
