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Microsoft unveils its answer to Google Docs
In a bid to step up competition against the growing Google Docs online eco system, Microsoft has unveiled a new online component to its Office suite called Office Live Workspace. The free service, which is currently in its beta phase, will allow users to store Word documents, Excel Spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, and PDF documents online.
Workspace will give users enough online storage space to upload around 1,000 average Office documents and will give them the facility to invite others to read and add comments to the stored documents through the browser, in a password-protected environment. Unlike Google Docs, however, users must have an installed copy of Microsoft Office if they want to want to create or edit a document.
The company says Workspace may eventually become ad-supported and offer "additional features or services at a charge," though it did not offer further details. Microsoft is taking sign-ups from those interested in beta testing Office Live Workspace starting today.
Workspace will give users enough online storage space to upload around 1,000 average Office documents and will give them the facility to invite others to read and add comments to the stored documents through the browser, in a password-protected environment. Unlike Google Docs, however, users must have an installed copy of Microsoft Office if they want to want to create or edit a document.
The company says Workspace may eventually become ad-supported and offer "additional features or services at a charge," though it did not offer further details. Microsoft is taking sign-ups from those interested in beta testing Office Live Workspace starting today.
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Post a comment| jcrow on October 5, 2007 1:24 PM | While all of these recent announcements (IBM/OpenOffice, Adobe/Buzzword, MS Office Live, Google Presently, Zoho) are interesting news items, each solution is missing two major components – the offline/online capabilities, and an on-premise solution. ThinkFree is the only office suite vendor that has these options. We have the widest variety of deployment options of anyone – online, offline, hybrid (offline/online), on-demand (ThinkFree hosted), on premise (hosted by a portal, web service, or behind a company firewall), desktop, portable, and mobile. ThinkFree Premium allows you to create and edit office documents offline. We also automatically synchronize files between your desktop and online account. None of the other office vendors have this, not Google, Microsoft, or Adobe. After synchronizing the documents online you can share, collaborate and publish your work. ThinkFree Server runs on premise. Large organizations like the LA City Public Library and Ryder Trucking host the applications in central locations within their own network. Hundreds and thousands of computers then access those servers to run the applications from remote locations. No other office vendor has these capabilities. Our free service, ThinkFree Online, has the highest level of MS Office compatibility available and the deepest functionality of any online office suite. These capabilities have allowed us to become the second largest online office suite after Google.
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