Office Web Apps available to 400M users

ByJorge Pereira
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If you have been using the Beta versions of the Office 2010 WebApps  as of yesterday – you are in the company of 400 million friends!

Yes – in a very unexpected announcement,  Microsoft and Facebook made available http://docs.com – which allows Facebook users to collaborate using Office 2010 Web Apps.

Now you can discover, create, and share Microsoft Office documents with your Facebook friends. Built using Microsoft Office 2010 – Docs for Facebook lets you work from just about anywhere with the familiar Office experience.

IMHO, this is a very significant move by Microsoft to finally level off the lead Google Docs had in the marketplace.

What I do not understand is why Facebook? Yes it has 400 million users, but I think it is mostly used for personal social connections.  The people I know, including me, do not want to combine true friends and business connections.  –  What’s up with that?

Announcement  Lili Cheng at: http://docs.com/43G

Accomplished Information Technology services professional with over 25 years of experience performing technical pre-sales, solution selling, public speaking / presentations, consulting, project delivery and program management. Over the past few years, Jorge has focused on customers solutions in the areas of: Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Workforce Transformation, End-User-Computing (EUC) Lifecycle Management, Modern Device Management, and Cybersecurity.
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Disclaimer:  I work for Dell Technology Services as a Workforce Transformation Solutions Principal.    It is my passion to help guide organizations through the current technology transition specifically as it relates to Workforce Transformation.  Visit Dell Technologies site for more information.  Opinions are my own and not the views of my employer.