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Re:Microsoft surges 8% after Morgan Stanley says it will rea... by autokad on Monday March 26, 2018 @08:42PM (#16684136)
the O365 argument reminds me of when people said blackberry would never go away
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Re:Microsoft surges 8% after Morgan Stanley says it will rea... by jjeaff on Monday March 26, 2018 @09:10PM (#16684279)
I think the lock-in for blackberry was miniscule compared to office products. The feature set of blackberry wasn't even that extensive.

On the other hand, there is no comparable suite of software that competes with Microsoft office on more than just the basics.

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Re:Microsoft surges 8% after Morgan Stanley says it will rea... by autokad on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @09:16AM (#16687983)
i think you forget how locked in people thought blackberry was.
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