During the Google-Sun press conference Eric Schmidt was asked about Google’s plans to take on Microsoft in the applications space. He basically responded that Google is a search company that sells ads. In response to another question about developing productivity applications, he remarked about how the lines are blurring between Web services and more traditional kinds of applications–OpenOffice, for example. He didn’t say that Google would do a browser-based, or even downloadable, MS Office competitor (the elusive Goffice or Gopenoffice), but didn't seem to rule it out either.
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