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A comment on Microsoft's dystopian pitch for remote work. Parent comment

Re:Microsoft's dystopian pitch for remote work by gress on Friday November 15, 2013 @01:38PM (#6741240)
How is this post about working remotely being the best situation for everyone?

How is it linkbait?

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Re:Microsoft's dystopian pitch for remote work by curiousDog on Friday November 15, 2013 @02:17PM (#6741481)
It is. Because he's just over analyzing a bunch of ads. And picking on Microsoft is bound to draw the usual startup hate crowd. The ads just showcase the fact that you can access your work files online anywhere, which was previously unheard of anywhere. Twisting that and putting on dystopian airs is just link baiting
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Re:Microsoft's dystopian pitch for remote work by gress on Friday November 15, 2013 @03:13PM (#6741855)
Firstly, accessing your work files anywhere has long been enabled by Dropbox, Google Docs, and iCloud, so there's nothing that was previously unheard of.

Secondly, the complaint is that Microsoft is celebrating people being distracted from family events by the demands of work. I think that's a valid complaint and not something to be encouraged.

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Re:Microsoft's dystopian pitch for remote work by curiousDog on Friday November 15, 2013 @04:13PM (#6742176)
I'm talking about Enterprises (fortune companies), that've been tied to IBM or Microsoft, access to files everywhere is new. And google apps for enterprises doesn't preceed o365 by that much
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Re:Microsoft's dystopian pitch for remote work by gress on Friday November 15, 2013 @05:04PM (#6742467)
Fair enough. I guess you agree with the other point then.
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