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BlkSabb
Ben's cred: 1
Posted 09/20/2014 at 09:31 AM PT
Posted 09/20/2014 at 09:31 AM PT
The trick is that they get you locked into using their .docx format that's incompatible with every other office program and then they start charging for continued access to your own documents.
Shmeagle
Ben's cred: 1788
Posted 09/20/2014 at 10:31 AM PT
Posted 09/20/2014 at 10:31 AM PT
You can read docx with any version 2007 and higher.
snowman123
Ben's cred: 51
Posted 09/20/2014 at 10:43 AM PT
Posted 09/20/2014 at 10:43 AM PT
I have been using Google Drive and have been very happy with it.
dave_c
Ben's cred: 5862
Posted 09/20/2014 at 10:55 AM PT
Posted 09/20/2014 at 10:55 AM PT
Yeah I won't use an office suite that can't save in RTF.
zzyzx
Ben's cred: 5862
Posted 09/20/2014 at 10:57 AM PT
Posted 09/20/2014 at 10:57 AM PT
Is NSA monitoring thrown in for free too?


Wouldn't that be redundant?
frnknstiin
Ben's cred: 257
Posted 09/20/2014 at 11:50 AM PT
Posted 09/20/2014 at 11:50 AM PT
It's weird how you can't check how much storage you are using on Hotmail.com... i mean Outlook.com, no... Skydrive.com.... i mean Onedrive.com
dizzymon247
Ben's cred: 192
Posted 09/20/2014 at 01:24 PM PT
Posted 09/20/2014 at 01:24 PM PT
Been on google docs for awhile. Happy with that.
zzyzx
Ben's cred: 497
Posted 09/21/2014 at 06:08 AM PT
Posted 09/21/2014 at 06:08 AM PT
Is NSA monitoring thrown in for free too?

I have nothing to worry about it.
frnknstiin
Ben's cred: 101
Posted 09/21/2014 at 06:25 AM PT
Posted 09/21/2014 at 06:25 AM PT
It's weird how you can't check how much storage you are using on Hotmail.com... i mean Outlook.com, no... Skydrive.com.... i mean Onedrive.com


I can see "Storage 29.99 of 30 GB available" so I can just do the math.
showell
Ben's cred: 40
Posted 09/21/2014 at 06:53 AM PT
Posted 09/21/2014 at 06:53 AM PT
why am I getting 40 GB?
sumnumbnutz
Ben's cred: 68
Posted 09/21/2014 at 06:53 AM PT
Posted 09/21/2014 at 06:53 AM PT
Just buy some pen and paper dagnabbit....
dabomb
Ben's cred: 48
Posted 09/21/2014 at 07:25 AM PT
Posted 09/21/2014 at 07:25 AM PT
Google docs won't let me make a change to an excel doc, I have to download it, edit and upload again :|....
1SmokinJoe
Ben's cred: -13
Posted 09/21/2014 at 08:24 AM PT
Posted 09/21/2014 at 08:24 AM PT
Microsoft is the rich NON-Cool kid down the street that always tries to do what the cool kids are doing. He is never really cool and always tries to be, just a little too late. iPods were cool, so they made a Zune, iTunes was cool so they made the Zune Music store, the iPhone is cool so we will buy a phone company, Google search is cool so we will do a search engine, Google Maps are cool so we will make one too, Web mail is cool so we will buy HotMail, Virtualization is cool so we will buy Connectix for the Virtual PC software, Tablets are cool so they make the surface, web browsers are cool so they make a web browser. In the end they copy everyone and when they don't the **** is not cool, i.e. the Big *** Table the Microsoft Surface, google it on youtube. More proof MS is a dead end. Lots of cash but a dead end.
Shmeagle
Ben's cred: 1788
Posted 09/21/2014 at 08:30 AM PT
Posted 09/21/2014 at 08:30 AM PT
^ you forgot Minecraft is cool so Microsoft......
idfubar
Ben's cred: 14
Posted 09/21/2014 at 12:21 PM PT
Posted 09/21/2014 at 12:21 PM PT
Thanks OP!

(PS: There is an option to save files in Open Office formats by default...)
frnknstiin
Ben's cred: 257
Posted 09/21/2014 at 12:43 PM PT
Posted 09/21/2014 at 12:43 PM PT
It's weird how you can't check how much storage you are using on Hotmail.com... i mean Outlook.com, no... Skydrive.com.... i mean Onedrive.com
I can see "Storage 29.99 of 30 GB available" so I can just do the math.


I don't know how you are checking that math genius. Google, Bing - how to check the available storage left in skydrive and it will tell you that you cannot.
Marisawon
Ben's cred: 1
Posted 09/22/2014 at 01:20 AM PT
Posted 09/22/2014 at 01:20 AM PT
thanks OP :)
atari800
Ben's cred: 100
Posted 09/22/2014 at 05:18 AM PT
Posted 09/22/2014 at 05:18 AM PT
"Microsoft is the rich NON-Cool kid down the street that always tries to do what the cool kids are doing. He is never really cool and always tries to be, just a little too late....."
You can analyze any company with this type of comparison. Google more so than most, in my own opinion.
Before, when I used to be pro Apple, I used to say "If Apple invented the girl, shortly after google would create the hooker"

Now I have no allegiance to any big company, nor do I despise any big company to where I refuse to buy anything fromt hem because of their name.