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Originally Posted by =X=
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.
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I agree. This might only be a preemptive strike. I still like it though. I use primarily MS Word, Excel and notepad and their clones. What I want is to be able to just have to remember one set of rules
I really hate MS Office for Windows 7. It was too much of a change and you didn't really gain anything. I found the Office for XP much easier to use with simple and comprehensive drop down tabs, not all that crap up at the top that you have to weed your way through.