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zaidf
on March 28, 2007
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Enter Zenter: "We want to be the Gmail of PowerPoi...
"Gmail of Powerpoint"? Am I the only one who is struggling to make sense of what that means?
omarish
on March 28, 2007
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Gmail did a pretty good job redoing a certain technology, web based email, in this case. Powerpoint is a technology that needs reworking.
far33d
on March 29, 2007
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remember pb's (to distinguish him from pg) definition of a good product: the suffix "that actually works".
zach
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That's looking at it from the business's point of view, not the users' point of view. Also, it still doesn't make much sense.
run4yourlives
on March 29, 2007
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It does? Seems to work just fine... everyone uses it, unless they use macs.
zach
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No, me too. Sounds pretty vapid, to be blunt.
danielha
on March 28, 2007
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Think of Outlook, Thunderbird, Pine, what have you.
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