According to Internet statistics company, Ipwalk, Microsoft Office Live, Microsoft's web hosting, email and collaboration service for small businesses has accumulated more than 100,000 users since its beta launched in February this year, despite several factors limiting the amount of users that have been able to join.
Microsoft is very pleased with the demand for the service and has plans to take it out of beta at the end of 2006. "We are super excited about the positive reaction and demand from our customers," said Baris Cetinok, director of product management and marketing for Office Live at Microsoft, in an interview with Ipwalk.

Ipwalk, which has tracked the growth of Office Live since the start of the beta in February, said that Microsoft had initially used a wait list to restrict the influx of new users, only sending out a limited amount of product keys every week. Another factor that had limited user numbers was that the Office Live beta was only available to US residents.

News source: iTWire


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(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by xxdesmus on 06 Jul 2006 - 17:59
That is great news, though honestly I was less than impressed with Office Live's offerings. It's a start at least. The price/user just isn't realistic once you go over the 10 users.
Quote this comment #1.1 Posted by quick on 06 Jul 2006 - 22:25
I was unimpressed as well... they gave you hotmail accounts, what business wants to use web based email accounts? There wasn't all that much i could make use of.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by zachman123 on 06 Jul 2006 - 20:33
I hated Office Live, but it got me a couple free domains at least... it's easy to take them away and use them with a different host.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by mad_onion on 06 Jul 2006 - 20:42
Microsoft uses the phrase "super excited" all the time. its really weird, if i didnt know that corporations cant be gay i would have my suspicions.....
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by Croquant on 06 Jul 2006 - 21:55
Later, Steve Balmer went manic and jumped around on a stage shouting "Give it up for me" and "I Love This Company!"
Officials declined to comment, saying only that Mr. Balmer was "Super Excited."
Quote this comment #4.1 Posted by Cole on 07 Jul 2006 - 01:11
And then he went into a horrible depression and said "I'm going to f6$#ing kill Google". :p
Quote this comment #4.2 Posted by Croquant on 07 Jul 2006 - 09:09
Seriously, I have to say that Steve Balmer seems to fit the Bipolar/Unipolar Disorder symptoms. One day he's crazy-excited, the next he's angry and depressed. Someone get that man some Zoloft.
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #5 Posted by SniperX on 06 Jul 2006 - 22:29
This reads like one of those "Hey, come and look at what everyone else is looking at" PR statements, when in actual fact, you just know people are signing up out of interest, giving an initial "ooh" and "aah" and then forgetting that they even signed up for it.
Quote this comment #5.1 Posted by MrCobra on 06 Jul 2006 - 22:48
I did that.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #6 Posted by ogman on 07 Jul 2006 - 14:47
Out of beta????????????

This piece of crap doesn't work. I've been trying to get them to fix the email for months now. I can't even use it and all I get are excuses!!!

PURE GARBAGE!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #7 Posted by jim87654 on 07 Jul 2006 - 16:27
Office Live is the new GeoCities, except not as popular.
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