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I don't know how Microsoft is going to react to Google adding a crucially missing feature in Office and leveraging its software for its own purposes. If Google
by WalterGR 16y ago
I don't know how Microsoft is going to react to Google adding a crucially missing feature in Office and leveraging its software for its own purposes.
If Google isn't using undocumented APIs, then they're doing exactly what Microsoft wants: developing software that "plugs in to" the Microsoft ecosystem.
- thematt 16y agoExcept in this case it serves as a bridge to use something other than the Office suite to edit documents, which could be problematic for Microsoft and not necessarily something they want.
- billybob 16y agoThis. If my document is stored in Google's system, and I want to get to it from a computer where I don't have MS Office, how do I do it? Google Docs. "Oh hey, this Google Docs thing works pretty well in the browser. Why do we have a separate program again?"
- nooneelse 16y agoAlso, "Why do we need to update to Office 2010 or 380 or whatever that next crazy version number is, when this plugin makes sharing and co-authoring work in the Office version we already have?"