Re: Is Surface really failing? (tangent # 99)

2013-06-02 Thread Scott Barnes
You'll likely find the reason they arent supporting the migration forward has to do with the whole RT reset matrix. In that if your target market for the near future is both RT & Pro experiences having the old dragging along for the ride is still in the same problem space as it is with deskstop. T

RE: Is Surface really failing? (tangent # 99)

2013-05-13 Thread Katherine Moss
n that showed the most recently (top 3) followed by most frequently used commands as suggestions to add to the ribbon. |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer |Sent: Monday, 13 May 2013 5:17 PM |To:

RE: Is Surface really failing? (tangent # 99)

2013-05-13 Thread Bill McCarthy
ost frequently used commands as suggestions to add to the ribbon. |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer |Sent: Monday, 13 May 2013 5:17 PM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: RE: Is Surface really failing? (tange

RE: Is Surface really failing? (tangent # 99)

2013-05-13 Thread Ken Schaefer
e Sent: Monday, 13 May 2013 4:20 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: Is Surface really failing? (tangent # 99) If you use Powerpoint and Access extensively your mileage may vary but other than for a few minor niceties in Outlook I can’t think of a single ‘killer feature’ added to the core Office progra

RE: Is Surface really failing? (tangent # 99)

2013-05-13 Thread Ken Schaefer
Surface really failing? (tangent # 99) If you use Powerpoint and Access extensively your mileage may vary but other than for a few minor niceties in Outlook I can’t think of a single ‘killer feature’ added to the core Office programs (ie Word, Excel and Outlook) between Office 2003 and Office

Re: Is Surface really failing? (tangent # 99)

2013-05-12 Thread David Connors
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Re: Is Surface really failing? (tangent # 99)

2013-05-12 Thread David Burstin
On 13/05/2013 4:38 PM, "mike smith" wrote: > > Sarchasm? :) Sarchasm - The abyss created when people are sarcastic?

Re: Is Surface really failing? (tangent # 99)

2013-05-12 Thread mike smith
* ** > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *mike smith > *Sent:* Sunday, May 12, 2013 10:05 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: Is Surface really failing? (tangent # 99) > > ** ** > > THis is just for

RE: Is Surface really failing? (tangent # 99)

2013-05-12 Thread Nathan Chere
com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Katherine Moss Sent: Monday, 13 May 2013 3:52 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: Is Surface really failing? (tangent # 99) Say that again? There are still people using Office ’03? We have to get them out of the dark ages and get them up to supported Office lev

RE: Is Surface really failing? (tangent # 99)

2013-05-12 Thread Katherine Moss
Subject: Re: Is Surface really failing? (tangent # 99) THis is just for Office-in-the-cloud, right? There's a lot of customers out there that use and love Office 2003. On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Katherine Moss mailto:katherine.m...@gordon.edu>> wrote: I mean the new office model u

Re: Is Surface really failing? (tangent # 99)

2013-05-12 Thread mike smith
..@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Ian Thomas > *Sent:* Sunday, May 12, 2013 3:20 AM > *To:* 'ozDotNet' > *Subject:* RE: Is Surface really failing? (tangent # 99) > > ** ** > > This must be the most divergent tangent from the original topic, but here > goes: >

RE: Is Surface really failing? (tangent # 99)

2013-05-12 Thread Katherine Moss
. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ian Thomas Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 3:20 AM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: Is Surface really failing? (tangent # 99) This must be the most divergent tangent from the original topic, but here goes:

RE: Is Surface really failing? (tangent # 99)

2013-05-12 Thread Ian Thomas
This must be the most divergent tangent from the original topic, but here goes: It is not related to HTML support (would that have changed, I wonder?) but my guess is that it is because the legacy 3rd-party add-ins for Office would be largely VBA add-ins or perhaps C++ COM add ins (not ever wri