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Right now we are seeing (more) simple desktop apps (Word/Excel) getting competition from web apps like google docs. If MS would have sold off the Office franchi
by mikesabat 18y ago
Right now we are seeing (more) simple desktop apps (Word/Excel) getting competition from web apps like google docs. If MS would have sold off the Office franchise 4 years ago it may have been genius.
With Aviary, Photoshop express (?), apple may be looking long term and realizing these properties are at the height of their value. Could Final Cut have legitimate competition on the web in 5 years?
- wanorris 18y ago> Right now we are seeing (more) simple desktop apps (Word/Excel) getting competition from web apps like google docs. The core profit center for Office is businesses, especially large ones. My guess is that Google Apps is having negligible impact on the profitability of Office at this point. The people who are using Google Office are mostly people who would have been candidates for pirating Office 5 years ago. In the future, Google Apps may be a real threat to Office, but the profit stream generated by Office is so immense that Microsoft investors would actively revolt if they even publicly considered selling it off.
- boucher 18y agoGoogle Apps doesn't even come close to competing with Office at this point. It simply lacks far too many features that users of Office actually need. You're totally right that its mainly targeted at people who never paid for Office, and even those people aren't using it in staggering numbers.