Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Microsoft office being offered to students at 0.5 USD per month per device

On 09/09/2012 05:36 AM, Florian Monfort wrote:
> Speaking of Cloud, does LibreOffice have any advancement on a
> "cloud-based" LibreOffice ? An online version of some sort ?
Not presently. The problem with having a "Cloud" version is the server
space and server support required requires money for the equipment/space.

IMHO, "Cloud" and Software-as-a-Service" will not replace local copies
of software on many devices. What is probably more useful are services
such as Dropbox which allow syncing of data between users/devices.
> On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 10:19 PM, Jay Lozier <jslozier@gmail.com
> <mailto:jslozier@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     On 09/08/2012 03:30 PM, Varun Mittal wrote:
>     > Hi All,
>     >
>     > You all might like to see the A3 product offering from Microsoft for
>     > students, offering office to students at 2.5 USD per month for 5
>     devices.
>     >
>     >
>     http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/education/compare-plans.aspx#fbid=rjbfOKEw13A
>     >
>     >   *Students: $2.50 per user/month
>     > Faculty and staff: $4.50 per user/month*
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > *Everything in A2, plus:*
>     >
>     > ·         *Office Professional Plus
>     >
>     2010*<http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/office-professional-plus.aspx>
>     > desktop
>     > version subscription (for up to 5 devices per user)
>     >
>     > ·         Unlimited email storage
>     >
>     > ·         Archiving
>     >
>     > ·         eDiscovery tools to support your compliance needs
>     >
>     > Hosted voicemail support**
>     >
>     > Best Regards
>     >
>     > Varun Mittal
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>     >
>     > "Uncertainty is the only Certainty of LIFE"
>     >
>     There is one severe problem with Office 365: you must have a fast
>     enough
>     Internet connection to use it. In the US, some, mostly rural areas
>     have
>     relatively low speed connections. Another problem with requiring an
>     Internet connection, is when no connection is available.
>
>     I have never liked "Cloud" solutions because of the dependence on the
>     connection and potential security problems. The more critical
>     information that is stored on the "Cloud" by third party providers the
>     more inviting targets the third party providers become for
>     hackers. They
>     become effectively "one stop" shopping for hackers and who knows what
>     they might do. Recently Wired.com had a series of articles about a
>     journalist who got hacked and had his some of his personal files
>     deleted.
>
>     I noticed that there was no database module offered in either
>     Office 365
>     packages.
>
>     --
>     Jay Lozier
>     jslozier@gmail.com <mailto:jslozier@gmail.com>
>
>
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