Office Live Beta..Sucks…

This had to happen. After being a MS supporter for so long, all I wanted was an invite to the Office Live Beta. As luck would have it, my friend got in and I couldnt. So sad that is. Anyways, he passed me a couple of screenshots and promised that he would pass me an invite if he ever got one. This is what he had to say.

Contrary to what its name might suggest, the beta version of Microsoft Office Live is not an online version of productivity tools Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Instead, this hosted suite provides small businesses (with a staff of 10 or fewer) with tools to build and host a Web site, manage contacts and share projects. For free, the Basic service provides a company with a domain name registration, hosting and email, along with Web design tools and reports on site traffic. At the moment only US residents can participate in this beta program. Once you sign in a screen opens which demands a domain name. There is no way past this screen however. Office Live integrates quite beautifully with Outlook, Project and other MS products.

Its 5 am here and my friend can only reveal so much. I will post a detailed review later on. Screenshots are available at Flickr

All I can say is that with so much control over what you can and cannot do..MS still SUCKS…