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Google To Add Presentations

Posted by kdawson on from the looking-office-like dept.

A number of readers (some from the audience at Web 2.0 Expo) wrote to let us know that Google is adding presentations to their Docs and Spreadsheets package. With the announcement the company revealed that they have purchased Tonic Systems to help with the new presentation software. It's expected to be ready by summer. Google's CEO Eric Schmidt was asked if Docs and Spreadsheets will compete with MS Office, and he said, "We don't think so. It doesn't have all the functionality, nor is it intended to have the functionality of products like Microsoft Office."

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  1. Quick! by twenex27 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Remove the chairs from the building!

  2. Re:So... by bradkittenbrink · · Score: 4, Funny

    do what now?

  3. Targeted ads! by iamacat · · Score: 4, Funny

    I would have to see ads for competitors show up during presentation of my product.

  4. Re:Lazy employees by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    What exactly do Google employees do all day?

    Delete spamblog links from Google search results and take turns washing the company jet.

  5. I will boycott Google's PowerPoint by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I will boycott Google's PowerPoint because they acquired it from Tonic Systems, which used to make a Java product called ... Jar Jar Links. Bad puns must not be encouraged.

  6. Re:Won't work by fuego451 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah. Isn't "office" an emacs mode or something?

    I don't know. I run emacs just for the games.