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Author/Founder of @stratechery. Host of @exponentfm. @notechben for sports. @monkbent on other networks. Home on the Internet.

Taipei, Taiwan
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    Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 11 Feb 2014

    If Office is fading, it’s only because it’s tied to the fading PC, not because supplanted. Meanwhile, Facebook nailed the mobile transition.

    6:43 PM - 11 Feb 2014
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      2. James King‏ @M_Gauche 11 Feb 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent Are you stating that SV underestimates need/relevance of facebook? I'd think the opposite.

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      3. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 11 Feb 2014
        Replying to @M_Gauche

        @M_Gauche SV is a mindset. Into which you clearly fit ;)

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      4. James King‏ @M_Gauche 11 Feb 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent If you actually read my TL, you'd know that my thinking is basically the polar opposite of SV. But why know when you can judge?

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      5. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 11 Feb 2014
        Replying to @M_Gauche

        @M_Gauche my apologies. I was, hopefully obviously, referring to that tweet specifically, and clearly wrongly.

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      6. James King‏ @M_Gauche 11 Feb 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent I am actually interested in why you (may?) think Silicon Valley is not that high on Facebook. Maybe a future post?

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      7. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 11 Feb 2014
        Replying to @M_Gauche

        Ben Thompson Retweeted Mɐx Bulger

        @M_Gauche I think this was good:https://twitter.com/maxbulger/status/433431217250115585 …

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        Mɐx Bulger @maxbulger
        Replying to @benthompson
        @monkbent SV: Facebook, the company is important/has lots of mindshare. Outside SV: Facebook, the product, is important/has mindshare.
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      8. James King‏ @M_Gauche 11 Feb 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent Interesting perspective.

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      1. Alex Taylor‏ @adntaylor 11 Feb 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent I also can't think of a single compelling feature they've added (for me) since about 2001!

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      1. Florian Heinemann‏ @thesumofall 11 Feb 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent indeed. The death of Office/Win is a very long way down the road for most white collar people.

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      2. i wanna be sublated‏ @crossslide 11 Feb 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent the threat for Office isn't just (or even primarily) about mobile per se, but decline of conventional "office docs" in general

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      3. Wes Miller‏Verified account @getwired 11 Feb 2014
        Replying to @crossslide

        @crossslide @monkbent True, which is why we see an increasing emphasis on features beyond the doc format. See Power Pivot and Power View.

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      4. i wanna be sublated‏ @crossslide 11 Feb 2014
        Replying to @getwired

        @getwired @monkbent Yep. But lots of work left to do to make stuff like that feel more like natural part of the Office experience ...

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      5. i wanna be sublated‏ @crossslide 11 Feb 2014
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        @getwired @monkbent ... and less tacked-on and confusing and enterprisey.

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      6. i wanna be sublated‏ @crossslide 18 Feb 2014
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        @getwired @monkbent ppl starting to catch on? http://www.citeworld.com/tablets/22995/office-ipad-yawn … by @mattrosoff . seems to assume office can't change though.

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      1. Jason Krishnan‏ @overlayered 11 Feb 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent I can't be the only person who's used Excel lately.

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      1. Uzodimma Chiapa‏ @uzochiapa 11 Feb 2014
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        @monkbent http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/10/microsofts-power-bi-for-office-365-comes-out-of-preview-simplifies-data-analysis-and-visualizations/ … yea. Office isn't fading. This is the future of Big data.

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