klingon 10 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Very interesting and all getting increasingly exciting. "It's hard to grasp the breathtaking scale of the epic war between Microsoft, Google and Apple. Billions upon billions of dollars. Entire industries at stake. This is the board. These are the pieces." As someone commented, some of the lineups are a stretch, but... http://gizmodo.com/5517993/the-dogs-of-war-apple-vs-google-vs-microsoft?skyline=true&s=i Link to post Share on other sites
griller 9 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Office 2010? That out yet? Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted April 16, 2010 Author Share Posted April 16, 2010 No, I think that is out around June. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Why can't they all just be friends. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Originally Posted By: griller Office 2010? That out yet? that will come out in 2013. Link to post Share on other sites
Karnidge 2 Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 What was that movie called that had then when they were young? Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 Originally Posted By: klingon No, I think that is out around June. Betas are about now, if you are prepared to report problems to Micro$shaft. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 They have been out for months now. I'll wait I think. Link to post Share on other sites
SantaCruz 0 Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Office 2010 just RTMed. Some friends went to the launch party. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Originally Posted By: SantaCruz Office 2010 just RTMed. Some friends went to the launch party. What is that? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 released to manufacturing. So they can botch it further. Link to post Share on other sites
SantaCruz 0 Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Yep, it's been released to the manufacturers, so it should be showing up sometime soon. Been using the Beta for some time. Outlook and Word both have some nice improvements, but nothing mind blowing. I don't really use the other apps. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Worth the asking price, SC? Do MS employees get 'perks' or freebies? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 met some really HOT Microsoft relationship managers. When they come along, the who office is no longer soft or micro. Link to post Share on other sites
SantaCruz 0 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 At work of course we can just install things no worries. Generally we don't get free copies, although they did give everyone a free copy of Win7. Some people also bring in personal laptops, desktops, etc and install Windows, Office, etc on them. Although you're not supposed to. I wouldn't be surprised if people who work in the Office org get a free copy though. We do get big discounts on software, xbox accessories and games that MS publishes. Thursday - Maybe that's where they keep the attractive employees. Generally us engineers don't win many beauty contests Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 If you don't mind me asking SC, what particular MS stuff do you work on? Link to post Share on other sites
SantaCruz 0 Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 I'm on an incubation project, super secret! Although (somewhat inaccurate) info about it has leaked a few times. I used to be on the Windows Mobile team. But that was before they actually had a good looking OS. Link to post Share on other sites
mitchpee 10 Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 James, if you need to give out free ones for a test subject just let me know hahaha Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 SC -just make it bug free ok? Link to post Share on other sites
SantaCruz 0 Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 Mitch, I'll keep ya in mind! RB, it's tough but we try. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 what? MS has a team that puts bugs in so there would be infinite service packs. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Go on you can tell us SC. We won't tell! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 I reckon it's the new....... hold on, better not tell. Link to post Share on other sites
SantaCruz 0 Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Well, if it ever is released as a product that's a long ways off (years I'd guess). Don't hold your breath. It's interesting stuff, but telling people that it's secret makes it sound much more interesting than it really is Link to post Share on other sites
ShinyDiscoBall 2 Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 So it's Windows 8 then? Link to post Share on other sites
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