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Microsoft’s new Office 10 brings Office back from the dead (tons of videos)

Source: Scobleizer

Jul 13, 2009

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When I left Microsoft about four years ago, I remember Steve Gillmor telling everyone that Office was dead.

I sort of went along with that, after all I was leaving Microsoft partially because I thought that Microsoft didn’t have an interesting product pipeline and wasn’t going to get the Internet for the second time. Only this time I didn’t sense Bill Gates screaming “turn toward the Internet.” For the most part I was right, at least until this year.

Remember, when a blogger says something is “dead” it just means that it isn’t interesting anymore and/or is potentially going to get disrupted. Well, it’s clear that Office DID get disrupted, if you watch today’s videos that I’ve posted about Office 10.

Who disrupted Office? Apple did. Look at the new PowerPoint and you’ll see Microsoft telling Steve Jobs to “stay off our lawn.”

Who else disrupted Office? Google did. Look at the new Web collaboration features and you’ll see Microsoft telling Eric Schmidt to “stay off our lawn.”

What happened in the four years since I left Microsoft?

1. The amount of strategy taxes have

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