Not content with battling Google on the search front, Microsoft now plans to offer a free, lightweight Web version of its Office productivity suite. The Web app will come as part of the next major release, Microsoft said, as it announced that Office 2010 was entering an invite-only technical preview. The package is similar to free word processing, presentation and spreadsheet applications from Google. What is different in Microsoft’s approach is that it will allow users to host the documents on their own networks, something Google currently does not allow.
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Microsoft One-Ups Google With Office 2010
Posted by: Mike Pearson July 13, 2009 11:15 AMNot content with battling Google on the search front, Microsoft now plans to offer a free, lightweight Web version of its Office productivity suite. The Web app will come as part of the next major release, Microsoft said, as it announced that Office 2010 was entering an invite-only technical preview. The package is similar to free word processing, presentation and spreadsheet applications from Google. What is different in Microsoft’s approach is that it will allow users to host the documents on their own networks, something Google currently does not allow.