Could Web-based PowerPoint-killers be the last straw for MS-Office?

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Web based replacement of PowerPoint???: In yer dreams maybe. I've seen lots of PowerPoint wanna be's (Open Office, Apples' wanna be, etc.) and they all suck. And now someone thinks they can do it on the web? Buwahahahaha; Posted by: No_Ax_to_Grind Posted on: 06/13/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Web based replacement of PowerPoint??? No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/13/06

"they all suck" Yagotta B. Kidding | 06/13/06

Really??? No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/13/06

Ask a hard one, would you? Yagotta B. Kidding | 06/13/06

LMAO!! So true.... shawkins | 06/14/06

Call me 5 years, we'll see. No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/14/06

No need Yagotta B. Kidding | 06/14/06

d@mn you're ignorant kckn4fun | 06/15/06

DRM and font embedding... mrsfixit | 06/17/06

Have you used Apple's? tic swayback | 06/13/06

Apple stopped short of offering an Office replacement MacGeek2121 | 06/15/06

Again, the average presentation is pretty simple. Slide with text, pictures DonnieBoy | 06/13/06

So what No Ax is referring to.... tic swayback | 06/14/06

What about bandwidth? kitchen-cynic | 06/14/06

The web gets faster and more reliable every day. We should not stand around DonnieBoy | 06/14/06

Ask the person who uses one kitchen-cynic | 06/15/06

Well if that's the case.. John Zern | 06/14/06

What can you do on ppt and NOT on a WEB page? michael_t | 06/14/06

Alot. John Zern | 06/14/06

that's BS: use the PPT editor and let it generate HTML + CSS etc. michael_t | 06/14/06

then you would still need John Zern | 06/14/06

Make Available Offline -- always-updated PPT denisdubois | 06/16/06

Killer App! rayted32 | 06/13/06

It's called, Export as HTML. No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/13/06

A lot of manual steps involved and what if you have 5 people at varias DonnieBoy | 06/14/06

If you're in that kind of bind.. John Zern | 06/14/06

Unprepared and unprofessional zzz1234567890 | 06/13/06

RTFA Yagotta B. Kidding | 06/13/06

For those lacking ability.. No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/13/06

true barsteward | 06/14/06

Whiteboard/tablet with an online follow-up grillin_man | 06/14/06

Burn is right. No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/13/06

powerpoint is way overused stevey_d | 06/13/06

And, simple presentations are best. The complicated flashing presentations DonnieBoy | 06/14/06

Yes people concern themselves with effects not content quantumstate | 06/15/06

Get with the times shraven | 06/16/06

The problem isn't PowerPoint simonraybould | 06/21/06

David, you just might have a future in comedy! P. Douglas | 06/13/06

I guess if simple and does the trick is funny, go ahead and laugh. DonnieBoy | 06/13/06

No future in comedy. Trust me. dberlind | 06/14/06

David, getting you on "last comic standing" next year Monkey_MCSE | 06/14/06

Web based embedding PowerPoint features for sure ! Zamolxe | 06/14/06

How freaking stupid! Roger Ramjet | 06/14/06

The whole point of the offline discussion.... dberlind | 06/14/06

I think that Firefox needs a built-in mini web server, and the ability to DonnieBoy | 06/14/06

Do you really want to rely on... european | 06/15/06

David, also see the Coda file system research. That could be DonnieBoy | 06/14/06

Off-line problem already solved. Anton Philidor | 06/14/06

Yes, back to the days of "floppy net", but with USB flash. No thanks. DonnieBoy | 06/14/06

Two aspects of the ... Ardian Daka | 06/14/06

It's called Adobe Flash!! kckn4fun | 06/15/06

not quite yet. OliverSeal | 06/15/06

Calling Flash a replacement for Power Point is like MacGeek2121 | 06/15/06

The whole idea is stupid. jgmsys@... | 06/15/06

security concerns are a big deal. yes. OliverSeal | 06/15/06

OpenOffice dennispang | 06/15/06

AvantGo technology for offline "Google Presentations" kpdriscoll | 06/15/06

Does it have to be one or the other? kidtree | 06/15/06

BackWeb doing similar offline today for enterprise apps... bheye | 06/15/06

Office is a bigger lock than Windows MacGeek2121 | 06/15/06

Is MS Office such a problem for the IT industry? nyndent | 06/15/06

Imagine a world with only one truck cfostel | 06/16/06

Portable OpenOffice.org on USB Drive stds | 06/19/06

What is the problem? Bob G Beechey | 06/21/06

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