Monday, July 13, 2009

Microsoft Office Online

Microsoft makes storing and sharing documents online (just like Google Docs). It says 'FREE' in bold, all-caps.

But when I try to access it using my Firefox from Linux, it give me:


To use Microsoft Office Live, your computer must meet one of the following requirements:
* Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, or 8 running on Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Vista. You can download Internet Explorer from the Internet Explorer page.
* Mozilla Firefox running on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, or Mac OS X 10.2.x and later. You can download Firefox from the Firefox download page.


If the suit is web-based, then why is it accessible from Firefox running on Windows and not from Firefox running on Linux? It's the same Firefox, isn't it?

Dear Microsoft, when you say 'online' and 'free', what do you mean by that?

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