[LINK] Word, Excel, Powerpoint - free on the web

[Roger Clarke]

>  At 14:10 +0000 13/3/10, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
>>  Anybody have any good/bad experiences with Windows SkyDrive or Live Sync?

At 12:39 +0800 15/3/10, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>http://www.smh.com.au/technology/enterprise/word-excel-powerpoint--free-on-the-web-20100315-q7g7.html 
>
...
>Anyone with a Windows Live account can create, modify or share Word, 
>Excel and PowerPoint documents for free. They do not need Microsoft 
>software installed on their machines.
...
>All programs include a "Save to SkyDrive" button to upload to the 
>cloud more easily. SkyDrive is the company's name for the storage 
>space within Office Live.
...

Ergo:
-   Windows SkyDrive involves storing your data in Redmond
-   Live Sync *may* be P2P (point-to-point as much as peer-to-peer),
     although we've yet to see anything that declares that no copy
     can ever find its way to Redmond or some other MS storage device


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