Archive for November, 2008  A “lightweight” Web-based Office
makes perfect sense  November 9th, 2008 5 comments  So Sam Diaz
over at ZD Net takes Microsoft to task, because they have said
that their online offerrings of Office will be “lightweight”.
And then he says (in a nutshell), “what’s Microsoft’s problem,
Google has gotten this right already!” The reality is, Google
Apps are “lightweight” too. As Steve Ballmer mentioned, they
didn’t even have footnotes (they got footnotes a few days after
he mentioned it).  I can understand that Microsoft is lagging on
getting a version of Office on the Web. But, let’s examine
reality. Google Apps’ usage rates show that there is not much
demand for Web-base office suites at this time, Office still
makes a ton of money, and offering a “lightweight” Web Office
still puts them on par with Google. Most importantly, the people
who are attracted to a Web based office suite neither want nor
need a “kitchen sink” application; if they did, they would just
buy a copy of Microsoft