October 12, 2006
Google Launches Google Docs and Spreadsheets
When Google acquired the Writely collaborative on-line word processor in March 2006, many expected Google to build an Office suite. The new service Google Docs & Spreadsheets that was announced today is a combination of the Writely stuff and Google Spreadsheets product released in June. Although it is still far from the Office suite everybody (except Microsoft) wants Google to compete with, it is a very useful tool for the occasional user, particularly if (s)he has to share and interact with others.
You can find out more about Google Docs and Spreadsheets at: SearchEngineWatch, GoogleWatch, TechCrunch and of course Google Docs & Spreadsheets itself.
Update: Computerworld's article "Toy or Tool? Google Docs & Spreadsheets Reviewed" comes to the conclusion that you would only use Google docs in "any but the most desperate circumstances". After some "network error" messages and slow response times, you'll start to wonder where you have left that other word processor.
Posted by admin at October 12, 2006 08:35 PM