The Microsoft vs. Google competition of late has really gone to new levels. Each company is fighting for dominance on some very specific turf. Take, for instance, the unabashed threat Google has imposed on that long-held Microsoft mainstay, the productivity suite. It's no secret that most of the world's businesses use Microsoft Office as the preferred office productivity software. Yet, Google's cloud-based productivity offerings, Google Docs and the more business-oriented Google Apps, have been gaining at an adoption rate that must be somewhat troubling to Microsoft.
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