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Originally Posted by SeaKing
Summary: Quickoffice may give Google a needed competitive hedge against Office 15 on Windows tablets and possibly iOS and Android devices.
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At home I use Linux and OpenOffice. At work I use Windows and Office. On my tablet/phone I've used Docs To Go, OfficeSuite, QuickOffice. Of all the apps that I use I must say none eve come close to MS Office(Word/Excel/etc...). Not only are they robust and easy to use they work well together.
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.