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latimes.com - 7/14/2009
Microsoft plans free, online version of Office - Los Angeles Times
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"Microsoft was forced to provide a free product" as an answer to Google Docs, a suite of free, browser-based document and spreadsheet editing software, said Sheri McLeish, an analyst with Forrester Research. "It's a very competitive market out there, and this was Microsoft's opportunity to ...
Steve Ballmer Shouts, 'Microsoft Will Keep On Coming'
bits.blogs.nytimes.com - 7/14/2009
Steve Ballmer Shouts, 'Microsoft Will Keep On Coming'
— bits.blogs.nytimes.com — Microsoft's CEO urged partners to believe in the company's long-term strategy, while also dishing out some of... the finer details behind the Azure cloud computing service. (more) Steve Ballmer Shouts, 'Microsoft Will Keep On Coming'

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June Search Market Share: Bing Shines in a Rough June for Search
blog.compete.com - 7/13/2009
June Search Market Share: Bing Shines in a Rough June for Search
— blog.compete.com — What does $100 million advertising budget and mountains of PR get you? If you’re Microsoft launching a... new search engine, the answer is becoming clearer. In its first month on the job, Bing has raised Microsoft’s search market share by 0.3pts to 6.5%. ... (more) June Search Market Share: Bing Shines in a Rough June ...

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Want Microsoft Office Web? Don’t Hold Your Breath [GigaOM]
gigaom.com - 7/14/2009
Want Microsoft Office Web? Don’t Hold Your Breath [GigaOM]
— gigaom.com — By now, you all must have read about the next version of Microsoft Office 10. You’ve also... likely heard about the web version of Microsoft Office. The problem is that if you want to compare the Office Web with Google Apps or Zoho, there’s ... (more) Want Microsoft Office Web? Don’t Hold Your Breath [GigaOM]

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Microsoft plans free, online version of Office
Futurelawyer — ... Microsoft plans free, online version of Office - Los Angeles Times. ...

Microsoft Office 2010: A Necessary Slap At Google
ChannelWeb Complete Feed — ... Google Docs offering continues to woo away once-paying Microsoft Office users. Industry analysts said Microsoft's free Office Web offering is a chance for the software giant to regain some of the users it lost to Google while also re-establishing its dominance in the productivity software space. "It's a very competitive market out there, and this was Microsoft's opportunity to one-up Google by offering a much better product," Forrester Research analyst Sheri McLeish told the Los Angeles Times . McLeish noted, however, that Google had Microsoft painted into a corner, and ...

Microsoft Office 2010: A Necessary Slap At Google
The Channel Wire — ... Google Docs offering continues to woo away once-paying Microsoft Office users. Industry analysts said Microsoft's free Office Web offering is a chance for the software giant to regain some of the users it lost to Google while also re-establishing its dominance in the productivity software space. "It's a very competitive market out there, and this was Microsoft's opportunity to one-up Google by offering a much better product," Forrester Research analyst Sheri McLeish told the Los Angeles Times . McLeish noted, however, that Google had Microsoft painted into a corner, and ...

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