October 1st, 2008
A new mystery: What's Microsoft got up its Office Live sleeve?
It sounds like Microsoft has yet another Professional Developers Conference (PDC) announcement percolating — beyond the Windows 7, Oslo, cloud OS (Red Dog/Zurich) and Mesh Platform stuff about which the company already has been dropping hints.
Specifically, as my ZDNet blogging colleague Zack Whittaker notes, it seems as if some sort of new Office Live unveiling is in the cards, too. Whittaker had a chance to ask Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer during Student Technology in London on October 1 what is up next for Office Live. And Ballmer sure made it sound as if Microsoft’s got something more coming beyond the Office Live Workspace service that it already is beta testing.
I’m inclined to think Ballmer is hinting that Microsoft has more up its sleeve than just the announcement of the final release of Office Live Workspace. But I’m still doubtful that the Softies are ready to go whole hog and deliver a fully Web-based version of Office.
So what else might be coming? I’ve got some pure guesses:
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