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At stake is the future of how we interact with software: by logging online to free applications provided by groups such as Google, or by buying costly boxed software from behemoths such as Microsoft.
For the past year or so, Google has been quietly promoting its online range of free software, including the Gmail email service and its Docs and Spreadsheets programs for creating Office-style documents.
But its executives have denied they’re trying to take serious business away from the omnipotent Microsoft Office: just providing a handy little service for consumers, they have said. Full article.