You’re the first person I’ve seen that has covered this from the right angle… everybody else just complains that it’s not the same as Google Docs. Which really isn’t what they are trying to do anyway… MS wouldn’t make something that competes with their cash cow.

Good job, as usual.

Thanks, we always try to look at things from multiple perspectives. The way Microsoft did this will give this service a strong value for their software. I could see this becoming more popular than Google Docs or other alternatives because users would be able to use something that they’re familiar with and not have to spend time learning something new.

In order to use Microsoft Office Live, you will need to have Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or later running on Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Microsoft Windows Server 2003. You can download the latest version of Internet Explorer from the Internet Explorer downloads page.

Good job, as usual.

So I would say Microsoft is actually smart the way they did it. There’s little doubt that businesses are the bulk of Office purchases, and by offering online storage for documents they are just breaking down the barrier of email documents from one person to another, or even to yourself. So while I would like to sit here and say Microsoft went about this the wrong way I actually think they did what was right. Although my opinion may change in a year or two as the web continues to evolve.