Comments on: Good succinct account of Google vs. Microsoft http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/2007/12/good-succinct-account-of-google-vs-microsoft/ Commentary on media, technology, marketing and clamming strategies Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:36:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tecosystems » links for 2007-12-21 http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/2007/12/good-succinct-account-of-google-vs-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-254714 tecosystems » links for 2007-12-21 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:32:50 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/?p=1476#comment-254714 [...] Good succinct account of Google vs. Microsoft at Churbuck.com some praise for Word 2007 within, and in the comments. as for the blogging client, i always find folks tools of choice interesting. i myself do all my writing in a text editor, doing the markup by hand. which is, frankly, probably dumb. (tags: word davidchurbuck blogging offline 2007) [...] [...] Good succinct account of Google vs. Microsoft at Churbuck.com some praise for Word 2007 within, and in the comments. as for the blogging client, i always find folks tools of choice interesting. i myself do all my writing in a text editor, doing the markup by hand. which is, frankly, probably dumb. (tags: word davidchurbuck blogging offline 2007) [...]

]]> By: David F http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/2007/12/good-succinct-account-of-google-vs-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-253322 David F Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:25:22 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/?p=1476#comment-253322 Microsoft Office with Word, Excel, and Powerpoint sells for $120 on Amazon. This is a program which you can install on a new computer when you get it. Thus, it can last for at least five years. $24/year ($2/month) doesn't seem like that much money to spend for the standard, especially for someone who "processes words for a living." The package does not include Outlook 2007 but you can buy that seperately from Amazon for about $90. There are some nice features in Word 2007 besides the new blogging features. I like the fact that it dynamically shows you changes in font and style. There are also some nice document review and comparison features. Excel 2007 is multi-threaded so will run faster on the new dual core systems. One major lesson with computers: it never pays to be penny wise and pound foolish. Speaking of which. The newest edition of PC World has customer service reviews. For laptops, Apple and Lenovo again comes on top. Dell and HP users complain a lot. Things like better laptops and equipment and software may seem like they cost a lot more until you amortize the cost and realize how much pain in suffering you can go through if you don't pay that additional small amount. Microsoft Office with Word, Excel, and Powerpoint sells for $120 on Amazon. This is a program which you can install on a new computer when you get it. Thus, it can last for at least five years. $24/year ($2/month) doesn’t seem like that much money to spend for the standard, especially for someone who “processes words for a living.”

The package does not include Outlook 2007 but you can buy that seperately from Amazon for about $90.

There are some nice features in Word 2007 besides the new blogging features.
I like the fact that it dynamically shows you changes in font and style.
There are also some nice document review and comparison features.

Excel 2007 is multi-threaded so will run faster on the new dual core systems.

One major lesson with computers: it never pays to be penny wise and pound foolish.

Speaking of which. The newest edition of PC World has customer service reviews. For laptops, Apple and Lenovo again comes on top. Dell and HP users complain a lot. Things like better laptops and equipment and software may seem like they cost a lot more until you amortize the cost and realize how much pain in suffering you can go through if you don’t pay that additional small amount.

]]> By: stephen o'grady http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/2007/12/good-succinct-account-of-google-vs-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-252865 stephen o'grady Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:07:51 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/?p=1476#comment-252865 interesting. thanks for the clarification. interesting. thanks for the clarification.

]]> By: site admin http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/2007/12/good-succinct-account-of-google-vs-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-252747 site admin Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:25:57 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/?p=1476#comment-252747 Yes -- the usual criticisms of productivity apps being overburdened with features most users don't need could be applied to Word 2007 except for one very very strong addition which is Word's new blog composer/manager. Offline blogging is more important than I realized -- plane blogging for one -- due to the security of composing locally rather than in a wordpress window. I've been a pretty devout Word user since the decline of good old XyWrite in the early 90s. Yes — the usual criticisms of productivity apps being overburdened with features most users don’t need could be applied to Word 2007 except for one very very strong addition which is Word’s new blog composer/manager. Offline blogging is more important than I realized — plane blogging for one — due to the security of composing locally rather than in a wordpress window.

I’ve been a pretty devout Word user since the decline of good old XyWrite in the early 90s.

]]> By: stephen o'grady http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/2007/12/good-succinct-account-of-google-vs-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-252721 stephen o'grady Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:48:15 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/?p=1476#comment-252721 "Microsoft Word is gaining value..." as in, it is more valuable than it was before? “Microsoft Word is gaining value…”

as in, it is more valuable than it was before?

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