Windows 10: Betrayed by Microsoft - Loss of the Home Means Losing the Office

Warren Buffet says buy names you know.


As a decision maker, for a multimillion dollar budget and a few hundred employees, I know that 25 years ago me made technology purchasing decisions because of what the users, and ourselves, were familiar with in our lives. We used Windows at home. We had "iPAQ" handhelds. We had Windows Mobile 6 on our phones. We used office at home. We only knew Internet Explorer.


We bought Microsoft Office for everyone. We went with Windows for Workgroups instead of Novell. We bough Microsoft keyboards and mice. We used Windows and Microsoft products because the users knew them in their lives. There was always that one odd ball who used a Mac at home and wanted one at the office or thought we should go with Apple computers instead of PC's preloaded with Windows 3.11, NT, or 2000.


Personal experience drove business choices, and then likewise, drove subsequent and additional personal purchases. I wanted my email to all look the same, work the same, and integrate. I bought Microsoft's music, movies, and programs. I bought their games. I bought their devices, webcams, speakers, and exercise bands. I used their cloud storage and personal assistant.


But now that Microsoft abandons every consumer effort, even when they have the BEST product on the market, but do not MARKET/ADVERTISE them, so they desert it and point their loyal fans to other products. They slowly turns fans into users. And now, as they strip away one service or product after another, I ask myself, why did I just buy Surface Headphones with Cortana, if Cortana is just be a "skill" now for the other assistants. Why did I try to Microsoft my Android phone waiting for some mythical return of Windows Phone on Andromeda or the Surface Phone? Why have I build a library in Microsoft Movies and TV when I suspect they are slowly pointing me to "Movies Anywhere"?


But more importantly, why am I asking users at work to keep using Windows and Microsoft when now they all have Alexa at home, or Google, using Android phones, buying Chromebooks and using Chrome browser, and Chromecast? Dropbox and Google Drive and Google Docs are more at home now than Microsoft Office and OneDrive. I was considering moving our company to Office 365 and OneDrive and Azure, but why? I do not use them in my life much anymore and none of users do?


How does Microsoft not realize, they are where they are today because for where they were in the past; in my personal life and at my home. You lost a fan today...love that bottom line as long as you can.


When my employees and I no longer see or know the Microsoft and Windows products, besides some Corporate backbone system, then we won't "buy" it anymore.

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Microsoft Office 2007 Beta 2 arrived

Today Microsoft released the puplic Beta 2 of Office 2007. It's available in English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish. After signing up on windows live, answer some questions, everyone can download the following products:

• Microsoft® Office Professional Plus 2007
• Microsoft® Office Visio® Professional 2007
• Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007 with Business Contact Manager
• Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007
• Microsoft® Office Project Professional 2007
• Microsoft® Office Groove® 2007
• Microsoft® Office Groove® Server 2007
• Microsoft® Office Multi Language Pack 2007 – French/German/Japanese/Spanish
• Microsoft® Office OneNote® 2007
• Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Designer 2007
• Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 - Enterprise
• Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 - Enterprise(x64)
• Microsoft® Office Forms Server 2007
• Microsoft® Office Forms Server 2007 (x64)

You can get it here

 

Windows 10 upgrade, where is my Microsoft Office?

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to follow the steps provided below:

• Type “Programs and Features” in the search box and press Enter.
• Check if Microsoft Office application is listed in the list of installed applications.
• If it is listed, then navigate to This PC>Local disc (C>Windows.old.
• Check if the Office application is present there.
• If still not found, then suggest you to install the application using the installation media.

Hope the information is helpful. Feel free to write to us for any other assistance with Windows, we’ll be glad to assist you.

 

Office Technical Preview Office

MS doesn't take any feedback or suggestions about Office 2016 at the moment, it is listed under "Non-feedback Product" category:




On the Connect homepage you can check the lists of products accepting bug reports and / or suggestions, Office is not on those lists: