talkable likeable » office http://www.talkablelikeable.com Get famous, stay relevant Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:43:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 How about a cloud apps pack? http://www.talkablelikeable.com/how-about-a-cloud-office-suite/ http://www.talkablelikeable.com/how-about-a-cloud-office-suite/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:13:30 +0000 carl http://www.talkablelikeable.com/?p=731 Microsoft often comes across as unlovable, but back in the early 90s they were a much more likeable company. In particular, Office bundled together a suite of applications that actually worked well together. This was a big deal, as before then you might have used Lotus 1-2-3 for spreadsheeting, Wordperfect for writing documents and Harvard for graphics – none of which were easily compatible.

Flash-forward to 2009 and there’s a new bundling need – this time in the Cloud. I’m a big fan of web-based services and have become a heavy user of:

I love these services. Recently, my five year old Powerbook appeared to die (it came back eventually) but restoring my data life was a hassle-free experience involving setting up a new profile on my wife’s machine and simply logging in to each of those services. Hey presto, everything’s there.

I like these services so much I feel I ought to pay (and I’d like the extra functionality). $10 a month or whatever is a good price, but $10 per month per service starts to add up. I wonder if there’s an opportunity for these services to get together and offer a Cloud Pack?

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