Microsoft Office goes online
eWeek | at | by Mike
Microsoft is ratcheting up its software-plus-services strategy with a new offering known as Office Live Workspace that is due later this year and that will let customers access, share and collaborate on documents online.
But there is a catch: Users will not to able to edit the documents they are viewing through a browser unless they have Office installed on their computer.
"You need Microsoft Office to edit Office documents, but if you do not have it installed you can view Office documents in a browser both Internet Explorer and Firefox will be supported and can comment on them," a Microsoft spokeswoman told eWEEK Sept. 30.