Google has introduced some new updates to the Google Docs on line office software which should make Microsoft worry for the strength of their cash cow Microsoft Office. Google Docs now shares many of the same features that made Office so powerful and the ever increasing power of Google should make them concerned when you consider how many new users are coming into the web through Google services and properties.
Each and every day a percentage of new users is introduced to office productivity through online services such as Google Docs and even open source applications like OpenOffice.org which offer free alternatives to the more robust but considerably more expensive Microsoft Office Suite. It seems that even if Microsoft were able to properly port their Office suite to the web it is doubtful they can do so for free and remain competitive with Google.
The all out assault on Microsoft includes the Chrome Browser, Chrome OS and Google Docs Office applications which are specifically designed to attack the biggest money makers in the Microsoft software suite. Microsoft answered with Bing as an assault on the Google empire but their effort is weak at best and no doubt a far more expensive and less succesful effort in comparison. If Microsoft has any hope of keeping a strong grip on software they better make some fast and serious moves in online office software if they plan on not becoming irrelevant in the future.
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