In yet another step into Microsoft territory, Google on Wednesday released a package of applications that directly compete with the software giant’s Office suite. Google is using its popularity in the search engine realm to garner attention for its Web 2.0 applications, Writely and Google Spreadsheets. Writely is a Web-based word processing program targeting Microsoft Word. Google Spreadsheets aims at Excel. Dubbed Google Docs & Spreadsheets, the bundle is available free of charge.
Google Bundles Web 2.0 Productivity Suite
Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire October 11, 2006 10:49 AMIn yet another step into Microsoft territory, Google on Wednesday released a package of applications that directly compete with the software giant’s Office suite. Google is using its popularity in the search engine realm to garner attention for its Web 2.0 applications, Writely and Google Spreadsheets. Writely is a Web-based word processing program targeting Microsoft Word. Google Spreadsheets aims at Excel. Dubbed Google Docs & Spreadsheets, the bundle is available free of charge.