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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. Do you want it to replace MS Office? by stratjakt · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Googles gettin a lil big for their britches. I think its time to turn a good hard cynical eye towards everything they do.

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  2. Re:The big question by frosty_tsm · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Only if you are in the wrong place at the wrong time.

    ... and get hit in the head with a flying chair.

  3. Re:I don't get it by QuantumG · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You mean other than Star Office / OpenOffice.Org?

    I admit, it would be nice if someone would compete by not making something as bloated as Office.

    But then we'd all just complain that it was lacking in features.

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