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Question: Why does it have to be a startup's innovation?

Entire applications now live inside websites. Perhaps you view that as 'lock in', however I can get all of mail out of gmail or dropbox.

The bloat of MS Office is certainly proof that change for the sake of change leads down a terrible path. However, without change, we'd all still be using the nokia 3210 instead of iPhones and iPads.



Startups are all going on about innovation yet none deliver.

Can you get all of your data out of Google's systems before they shut down your account randomly one day? That's a better question to ask?

I agree Office is bloated which is why I still use Excel 97 for a lot of things.

Regarding the 3210 point, if you look at most "Smartphones", the 3210 is a better phone. Better voice quality, longer battery life, more durable etc.

(Note: I have a spare 3310 I have lying around for emergencies which looks more tempting every day...)




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