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[vedjotri]

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hajmola writes "According to an article in The Inquirer, 'Google has confirmed that it will launch free spreadsheet and word-processing software online and take on Microsoft in one of its biggest markets. Under the deal, Google will allow web users to access Sun's OpenOffice from a toolbar.'" This is full confirmation of a story from Tuesday. Forbes thinks this isn't anything to write home about, while InfoWorld disagrees.

Source: Slashdot http://slashdot.org/...tid=217&tid=109

Google builds an empire to rival Microsoft

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Google's one-of-a-kind computer network gives it a chance to surpass Microsoft to become the most dominant company in tech, according to the author of a recently published book on the search giant.

Google already has plenty of influence. It handles nearly half of the world's Web searches. It's hiring some of the biggest names in the industry, from the controversial Kai-Fu Lee of Microsoft to the legendary Vint Cerf, an early Internet pioneer. And it has become such the topic du jour in Silicon Valley that its search for a new corporate chef warrants significant local news coverage.

But what's next? Author Stephen Arnold has closely analyzed Google patents, engineering documents and technology and has concluded that Google has a grand ambition--to push the information age off the desktop and onto the Internet. Google, he argues, is aiming to be the network computer platform for delivering so-called "virtual" applications, or software that allows a user to perform a task on any device with an Internet connection.

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Google builds an empire to rival Microsoft: http://news.zdnet.co...22-5875433.html

Google and Sun join forces: http://zdnet.com.com...-2-5888673.html

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Edited by cmatcmextra, 22 December 2005 - 08:06 AM.

[bigfatme2000]

vedjotri, on Dec 22 2005, 07:53 AM, said:

Source: Slashdot http://slashdot.org/...tid=217&tid=109

Google builds an empire to rival Microsoft
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Google builds an empire to rival Microsoft: http://news.zdnet.co...22-5875433.html

Google and Sun join forces: http://zdnet.com.com...-2-5888673.html

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Thats all music to my ears!

I mean google are MUCH better than Microsoft - in almost all ways. I feel sorry for GMAIL, havong to change their name due to some childish company not allowing them to use that name!

Also, imaging google brought out their own Operating system - i mean with the technology of today - they could suprise us!

I think we will all have to wait on that one lol - great newsthough - who do you think will win the war?

[Sprnknwn]

Great news, I think google will come with something definitely better than Microsoft, although the years of experience of the last one. Besides, it´s proved that Microsoft needs a competitor to copy their features in later editions of their softwares.

[DeveloperX]

Is this TRUE?

[sammaye]

Oh no, this is old story of google taking over the world, everyone find some shelter form google!

I think they will make some thing as good as microsoft but to be honest I have office 2003 and its amazing and so much better than anything thats come before. It will take a lot of effort for google to make anything to rival microsoft and I know for a fact the openoffice sucks (well the last openoffice i used did anyway) so google will have to think up a brilliant idea to compete with microsoft.


but good luck to google, but I warn you this is only the beginning...google WILL take over the world if they are not stopped like microsoft was!

[Plenoptic]

lol Wow that'll be real cool if they do bring software and integrate it to use online. What would be even better is if they kept it free like all of their other software. Then I am sure they will be the biggest company in the world. Look at all the resources they have now all for free and all very useful. Now they are taking on Microsoft and adding even more to it. Quite an amazing feat. I can't wait to try it out. That would be awesome especially since i wouldn't take much room on your computer probably because it is online. I guess we will have to wait and see.

[dontmaimyourself]

I might be missing something here, but why not just install Open Office? but that could just be me, anyway thisd can really only be a good thing and quite possibly the first sign that Google are actively targeting Microsoft, recently its just been Microsoft chasing Google but Google may just be able to pull this off aslong as they don't paste ads all over, I'm not say they shouldn't place a few small text ads but they should steer clear of banners (which apparently may not be the case if AOL get their way). so yeah know we just need a the much speculated GBrowser and possibly an OS, if this goes well who knows?

[Inspiron]

That is certainly a good news. If this is true, a new Google document standard will definately be formed and become a more commonly used tool than Microsoft's. Where can we download these software from Google? Or is it still under development?

If Google goes on and develope an OS and distribute for free, then we'll say bye bye to Microsoft and watch it dominated by Open-Source and Free-Source community..

[Dawiss]

I read it alredy on newspaper... It was a quite shock to me because Google is an awesome company + sun microsystems... I think Microsoft is though company to which is I think the most popularest in the world... So I think it's going to be a big war ... Ill look for what is the best but Im still trusted to Microsoft for loonger then 4 years ...

[sonorama]

That would be totally cool, man. It is the perfect time for Google to improve and go beyond everything Microsoft has done before...

CHeerS!!!!!