Project pptPlex is a research prototype developed by Microsoft Office Labs as an exploration of an alternative method of presenting Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 slides. This plug-in allows you to arrange slides on a canvas then zoom between the slides during the presentation. You can move around the canvas and show groups of slides, individual slides, or even zoom in to show a particular section of a slide.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Microsoft launches Albany (Software Subcription Service)
Its been swapping around for sometime, Microsoft launched a software subscription service, code-named Albany in a beta form.
Albany includes Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 (which contains Excel, Word, PowerPoint and OneNote), Windows Live OneCare, and Windows Live Mail, Messenger and Photo Gallery, with a single installer.
Security software is one of the key feature where a subscription model is common, so including OneCare is not a bad idea.
In a press release, Microsoft Group Product Manager Bryson Gordon said:
We’re breaking new ground by delivering Microsoft Office in combination with security and communication tools, plus ensuring our customers are on the cutting edge with the very latest versions. We found from our research that when you bring these categories together and keep them automatically updated, a subscription model makes a lot of sense.
At the same time, we are definitely not straying from our traditional software sales model. There will always be a significant number of users for whom purchasing a perpetual license to the latest version of Office is still the best choice. “Albany” just gives customers more choice and addresses the needs of those customers who value having the latest and greatest version of Microsoft Office.
What's unclear is the pricing which Microsoft hasn't announced yet.
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