{"id":12572,"date":"2010-05-18T17:10:07","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T15:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=12572"},"modified":"2010-05-18T17:10:07","modified_gmt":"2010-05-18T15:10:07","slug":"office-wars-are-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/18\/office-wars-are-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Office wars are back"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>It&#8217;s been a while since I heard something from the office applications front lines. \u00a0And today, while catching with news in my Google Reader, here is what I saw (or almost what I saw, since I am reading in Expanded mode, and not in List):<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12573\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/18\/office-wars-are-back\/office_wars\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/office_wars.png?fit=500%2C58&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,58\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Office wars\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/office_wars.png?fit=500%2C58&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12573\" title=\"Office wars\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/office_wars.png?resize=500%2C58&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"58\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/office_wars.png?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/office_wars.png?resize=300%2C34&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Three articles in a row, and all are about the office applications. \u00a0Either it&#8217;s an unlikely coincidence, or TechMeme is doing something wrong, or &#8230; the office wars are back and that&#8217;s the most exciting and hyped about topic in the tech industry right now. \u00a0Which one do you think it is?<\/p>\n<p>P.S.: Here are the links to the articles: <a title=\"Microsoft Delivers the Future of Productivity With Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010\" href=\"http:\/\/www.techmeme.com\/100512\/p23#a100512p23\">one<\/a>, <a title=\"Forrester: Google still a distant Office competitor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.techmeme.com\/100512\/p19#a100512p19\">two<\/a>, <a title=\"Google: Skip Office 2010, Use Docs Instead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.techmeme.com\/100511\/p84#a100511p84\">three<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>It&#8217;s been a while since I heard something from the office applications front lines. \u00a0And today, while catching with news in my Google Reader, here is what I saw (or almost what I saw, since I am reading in Expanded mode, and not in List): Three articles in a row, and all are about the &hellip; 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