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06-11-2012, 11:06 PM | #1 |
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It's war: Google + Quickoffice vs. Microsoft Office everywhere: most devices
By Mary Jo Foley | June 5, 2012, 10:51am PDT
ZDNET Summary: Quickoffice may give Google a needed competitive hedge against Office 15 on Windows tablets and possibly iOS and Android devices. "Google Docs has made some inroads against Microsoft Office, but not nearly enough." "That’s no doubt a big reason for Google’s latest acquisition, Quickoffice, announced on June 5. Now the question becomes will the cross-mobile-platform productivity suite Quickoffice — give Google a better leg up against Microsoft’s Office? Quickoffice runs on iPhones, iPad, Android, Android tablets and Symbian devices. And Office 15, the coming version of Microsoft’s productivity app suite, will run on Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows Phone and, perhaps soon the iPad and Android, too." read more . |
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I'm pretty agnostic when it comes to word processors and spreadsheets. For me, the Office killer app is Access. If a runtime-cloud-enabled version of Access makes its way onto phones and tablets, a lot of user friendly data applications will follow. Here's to hoping Google drives that with this.
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I don't think Google can compete with MS Office, nor do they have any illusion to go compete. My guess is that this purchase was a defensive move vs an offensive move. The threat of Apple or MS buying QuickOffice is real. And if any of those two competitors bought that product it would leave with sub par Office apps while Apple and MS have viable products*. I think they are trying to stop key apps from suffering the same fate Instagram suffered. *Actually (Docs To Go and OfficeSuite) are pretty good products for basic reading and writing Word Documents but QuickOffice has recently redesigned it's UI which allow the creating of more complex word documents. |
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For personal use, Google Docs meets my needs.
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