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Is Microsoft Office Threatened by Google Apps? | |
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| Time: 17:49 EST/22:49 GMT | News Source: Microsoft Watch | Posted By: Andre Da Costa | ||
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You'd certainly think so, based on some of the features in the upcoming Office 2010. By making a stripped-down version of the productivity suite available via the cloud, and free to Microsoft Live subscribers, Microsoft seemed to be taking Google Apps head-on. To keep the enterprise happy, they also plan on offering Office 2010 as a hosted subscription service and an on-premises platform; a large institution, after all, might like the savings that come with running a platform from the cloud, but no way they're letting their proprietary information flit off into the ether. | ||
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| #1 By 143 (216.205.223.146) at 8/3/2009 6:56:09 PM |
| No. |
| #2 By 23275 (24.196.4.141) at 8/3/2009 7:26:43 PM |
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if one has used MS Office 2010 and anything else - Google APE, OO/Whatever, the would answer as #1 has with a firm NO!
Even without all the integration to other MS servers, MS Office smokes all others. Period. End of story. |
| #3 By 12071 (203.185.215.144) at 8/3/2009 8:22:53 PM |
| No... and you don't need to use a beta of Office 2010 as certain other people on here would have you believe. Office holds it's own and in many ways, longer term, is probably the most important product MS have. |
| #4 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 8/4/2009 7:45:19 AM |
| In the pure context of the question, the obvious answer is yes. MS sees everyone and everything as a potential threat. The issue has nothing to do with the perceived quality or effectiveness of each application. Office Web Applications probably wouldn't exist if not for Google Apps. |
| #5 By 28801 (65.90.202.10) at 8/4/2009 1:20:14 PM |
| Agreed. The best way to fight something is to never let it get traction. |
| #6 By 1896 (68.153.171.248) at 8/4/2009 2:35:11 PM |
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Right now no, Office 2003/2007/2010 are not threatened by Google. But the same fact that alternative products are emerging is something that MS, or any other company in its position, should monitor very closely.
In the specific case is even more important because, contrary to what is the general perception among the public, Office and not the OS (XP, Vista or W7) is the most important product MS has. IMO it should take a long time before any other Office suite will become a real threat to MS because, at the best of my knowledge, they do not have any PIM app at all. |
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