Microsoft appears to be making a move to get in on the online document rush to hopefully take something away from Google with their Google Docs and Google Spreadsheets. Microsoft have announced an office live webspace that can be used by users to collaborate and share documents whilst also being able to view the documents online. All for free, but without the ability to edit.

When OpenOffice can pretty much do everything on the desktop with Microsoft compatibility, and online with Google where you can do things like open and amend spreadsheets created in Excel, you have to ask yourself, "Is it too little too late for Microsoft?" They can see non-corporate (and some corporate) customers moving away from their products in search of something that delivers what it promises, but doesn’t bring your computer to it’s knees – anyone that has a copy of Office 2007 will know what that feels like. And as it seems everything is going online to make your information truly portable, Microsoft are trying to make an online appearance at the 11th hour, looking to reverse the trend. And all this shortly after the rumblings that Adobe are about to announce the acquisition of a small team responsible for buzzword – an online word processor. The writing is on the wall for Microsoft Office, I think. [SHOW ME]

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