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Office Tools On The Web

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the productivity-on-the-internets dept.

ReadWriteWeb writes "What will be the primary elements of an Office Suite for the Web be? Who among the big or small companies is currently providing the best examples? ZDNet's Richard MacManus reviews the contenders for collaborative Web Office tools. Some of these products may well be acquisition targets this year for Microsoft and Google, as it is anticipated that both companies will release fully functional Web Office Suites sometime in the next few years."

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  1. Dark Fiber... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is this a Microsoft Office conspiracy to shove bandwidth-eating applications down the pipe to force companies to upgrade their networks and raise the price on all that unused dark fiber? Inquiring minds want to know!

  2. pdf to usurp doc and ppt in user land by Quirk · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    I suspect MS will counter movement toward an Open Document Format by bundling pdf capabilities directly into Office 2007. Further I think most of Adobe's line of software is in MicroSoft's crosshairs.

    In terms of Office Tools for the web pdf will become the defacto format. The Open Source community has a chance to finally compete with MS word and ppt, as both file formats will give way to pdf. While the continued development of Open Office is a good thing, in terms of competing with MS on equal ground pdf is the way to go.

    Academia has widely utlilized pdf and equivalents for many years, as have many govenment institutions. The exisiting user base will likely catapult pdf into user land and we'll see a quick widespred adoption over a few years.

    just my loose change

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