I'm listening to a presentation of what Office might want from research in the future. The start of this is about what made office successful to date. The correct bet on gui. The bet that offering a package of apps that cost X together in a package < 2X. Buying powerpoint and then moving the presentation away from slide productions, to a computer presentation. 300 Million use outlook, about half of them pay for it. It's tough to sell people on the idea that task panes/smart tags lets you do something new (powerpoint was a much easier sell). People also grumble about the price because they look at the price relative to the PC. They will agree that on an hourly basis it is definatly worth it, but because it's bits and they need to cut cost, ms should just reduce the price. Office Year to Year growth is bottoming out. Microsoft's invovement in productivity software has stopped tracking the growth.

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Last night I finished Silent Hill 2. I got the Leave ending. The game just did a great job on all counts. Misha then showed me the Water ending. If I ever get intrested enough I'd like to try for the Rebirth ending.
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