Office 2.0: a digital revolution for students worldwide

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I choose option 5

"I rarely use software that isn't run locally, and if Office 14 is cloud-only, I'm not going there."

First, don't get me wrong - I've got nothing against using Cloud Computing, but I don't trust my Internet connection enough to rely on it. If I can't access my data because either their service is down, or my web access is down, then all of my work is inaccessible to me. If the company I'm using changes its ToS to something I don't agree to, are they going to wipe my data? It happened to these people:
http://www.shozam.com/overview/downside-of-photo-storage-sites.htm

My data belongs somewhere I can control. While I have used Acrobat.com for group projects in college (and have found it wonderful in that context), my data will never be stored in "the cloud" under someone else's control. Period. If it means sticking with Office 2007 or moving to Openoffice or AbiSuite, then so be it.

Joey

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