![]() “It's really about the different applications that we provide as leading software vendor. He disputed the notion that free online applications such as Google Docs, Zoho and ThinkFree are adequate for sophisticated users, especially in the workplace. Reed Shaffner, senior product manager, Office 2010, was in Australia last week to explain. It raises the question: with so many free web-based office software options available, why pay for a new version of the proprietary suite? Google recently purchased DocVerse, a company that enables Microsoft applications in the cloud. Gartner predicts web-based office suites will grow at 34 per cent annually through to 2013 to satisfy market demand. They will be a lighter version of the full-feature software programs and will carry advertising on the page, possibly in a similar way as Google Adwords. The free online apps will however come with strings attached. ![]() ![]() They will not need Microsoft software installed on their machines, but for now, they need to download the Office 2010 beta version to make Web Apps work. New paid versions of the ubiquitous office suite will be available to businesses in May and consumers in June, but its Office Web Apps component is already available in beta through Microsoft Office Live.Īnyone with a Windows Live account will be able to create, modify or share Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents for free later this year. Microsoft is rising to the challenge of Google Docs, offering free Office applications on the web as it releases Office 2010. ![]()
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