Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Google Fires Another Round
Google is introducing Google Spreadsheet to rival Microsoft's Excel Program.
This just two months after they acquired Writely, a company whose office program was already mildly challenging Microsoft's Word.
The major difference is that Writely's program and Google Spreadsheet, unlike Microsoft's Word or Excel can be accessed from the internet, and then either saved or shared. Speaking strictly from an office point of view, this potentially eliminates the need for a computer. All one would need is a broadband connection and a monitor. This surely would be economically appealing not only to the business world, but to entities such as the student population as well.
Update: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols disagrees.
This just two months after they acquired Writely, a company whose office program was already mildly challenging Microsoft's Word.
The major difference is that Writely's program and Google Spreadsheet, unlike Microsoft's Word or Excel can be accessed from the internet, and then either saved or shared. Speaking strictly from an office point of view, this potentially eliminates the need for a computer. All one would need is a broadband connection and a monitor. This surely would be economically appealing not only to the business world, but to entities such as the student population as well.
Update: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols disagrees.
