http://www.h-alter.org/vijesti/mediji/o ... -hrvatskojDonacija Office 365 dio je konstantnog doniranja koje Microsoft provodi već trideset godina. Samo u 2013. fiskalnoj godini donirano je 795 milijuna dolara u gotovini, softveru i servisima na adresu 70 826 neprofitnih organizacija u više od 115 država širom svijeta.
Međutim, što o takvoj cloud office usluzi misle dedoimedo?
Evo njegovog zaključka:
http://dedoimedo.com/computers/office-365.htmlI really have no idea what Office 365 stands for, and what kind of problem it's meant to solve. If it's a business alternative to a static office model, then it fails miserably, because it offers a confusing UI with an immature design and collaboration tools that you would not use in a proper Soviet 1950s style Gulag. If it's meant for home users, then it's slow, clunky and too complex, as you can have everything in an offline version without having to sign in four times, accept nine terms of services and go through numerous wizards, each designed by a different department.
I know that companies must reinvent themselves and justify the pay for the thousands of their little code monkey borgs. I know that innovation and change are co-identified as one and the same, and that for idiots, happy and shiny is everything. But how about making your products, I don't know, efficient? How's that for a change? You did it so well in the past decades, why this moronic shift all of a sudden? I am not old and bitter, I am sane and practical. No one will convince me that the flat, low-contrast shifting-ribbon interface is good or productive. No one can convince me that the simple design is useful for businesses. No one will prove that Office 365 has any merit over alternatives.
Some things are just not meant to be. Microsoft is just not a cloud player. They should leave this to Google and focus on what they do best. You can't do everything. Best stick to one great thing than make nine average ones. Office 365 is a confusing blend of concepts and ideas, none of which seem to work well. Shame really, as Office 2003 was the last proper office product. It's been downhill ever since.
