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Everytime I hear about Office 365, it's always with respect to some vulnerability or downtime.

formerly_proven 6y ago
Or maybe some solid likely illegal spying on employees.
qz2 6y ago
For me it’s usually complaining about what the fuck shit they have done to outlook. It’s like a train in Mumbai at rush hour these days.
- ourmandave 6y ago
  Could you expand on that? We're moving to 365 and I'd like to know what f*ckery to expect. =(
  - qz2 6y ago
    Just generally they spent the last 10 years cramming so much crap into the outlook desktop client that it’s horrible to use. The web client is better than the desktop one now. Rest of office is pretty good. Do not worry about this. It works well.
hmottestad 6y ago
That might also be a bias because very few companies or organizations use things like open office (or the google suite for that matter) so there would be fewer people interested in attacking those software suites. Also it’s more fun to report on bad stuff that happens to Microsoft then and stuff that happens to some relatively small and unknown software company.
- judge2020 6y ago
  Growth for Google Workspace (previously G Suite) and Office 365 is insane. Office 365 has >258 million paid seats[0], while Google claims they have 2 billion paid seats (or "users")[1]. Soon enough more businesses will be using one of these than those that aren't (as in, those that are using Exchange or another email server). 0: https://office365itpros.com/2020/10/28/teams-115-million-users/#post-32445:~:text=The%20last%20number%20Microsoft%20gave%20for,seats%20instead%20of%20monthly%20active%20users https://office365itpros.com/2020/10/28/teams-115-million-use.... 1: https://www.axios.com/google-g-suite-total-users-9a6d3df6-c990-4866-9efc-ba6756ba3c4d.html https://www.axios.com/google-g-suite-total-users-9a6d3df6-c9...
  - jedberg 6y ago
    Google claims 2 billion users across all their cloud services, not paid seats. For example, if you have a hangout and invite 20 people, that's 20 users. You don't have to be logged in to use a hangout link, so if you join another hangout later, and still aren't logged in, you're a new user.
    - hmottestad 6y ago
      2 billion paid users would mean that 25% of the worlds population pays. I guess Android is probably a big part of that.
  - falcor84 6y ago
    The axios article says: >Soltero declined to offer a breakdown of how many of those 2 billion users are for products beyond Gmail or how many are paid versus free.
TylerE 6y ago
"System operating normally" isn't a story.

Or maybe some solid likely illegal spying on employees.

qz2 6y ago

For me it’s usually complaining about what the fuck shit they have done to outlook. It’s like a train in Mumbai at rush hour these days.

ourmandave 6y ago
Could you expand on that? We're moving to 365 and I'd like to know what f*ckery to expect. =(
- qz2 6y ago
  Just generally they spent the last 10 years cramming so much crap into the outlook desktop client that it’s horrible to use. The web client is better than the desktop one now. Rest of office is pretty good. Do not worry about this. It works well.

hmottestad 6y ago

That might also be a bias because very few companies or organizations use things like open office (or the google suite for that matter) so there would be fewer people interested in attacking those software suites. Also it’s more fun to report on bad stuff that happens to Microsoft then and stuff that happens to some relatively small and unknown software company.

judge2020 6y ago
Growth for Google Workspace (previously G Suite) and Office 365 is insane. Office 365 has >258 million paid seats[0], while Google claims they have 2 billion paid seats (or "users")[1]. Soon enough more businesses will be using one of these than those that aren't (as in, those that are using Exchange or another email server). 0: https://office365itpros.com/2020/10/28/teams-115-million-users/#post-32445:~:text=The%20last%20number%20Microsoft%20gave%20for,seats%20instead%20of%20monthly%20active%20users https://office365itpros.com/2020/10/28/teams-115-million-use.... 1: https://www.axios.com/google-g-suite-total-users-9a6d3df6-c990-4866-9efc-ba6756ba3c4d.html https://www.axios.com/google-g-suite-total-users-9a6d3df6-c9...
- jedberg 6y ago
  Google claims 2 billion users across all their cloud services, not paid seats. For example, if you have a hangout and invite 20 people, that's 20 users. You don't have to be logged in to use a hangout link, so if you join another hangout later, and still aren't logged in, you're a new user.
  - hmottestad 6y ago
    2 billion paid users would mean that 25% of the worlds population pays. I guess Android is probably a big part of that.
- falcor84 6y ago
  The axios article says: >Soltero declined to offer a breakdown of how many of those 2 billion users are for products beyond Gmail or how many are paid versus free.

TylerE 6y ago

"System operating normally" isn't a story.