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Google’s Next Big Thing!

// March 12th, 2006 // Technology Bits

It was announced this week that Google bought Writely! Clearly this is their first step in building a fully web based office sweet of applications that will hopefully rival Microsoft.

I’ve had some limited email correspondence with Jen Mazzon who is part of the Writely team. As we’ve started using Writely in small groups at Plymouth State University, we’ve discoverer some great power in it’s collaboration abilities. With some APIs and similar integration opportunities, we could see using Writely on a much larger scale. She has always been very responsive and willing to consider our suggestions for improvements and new features. I wish her the best of luck in this exciting new endeavor.

Calendar appears to be around the corner, this gives them word processing… I’d like a spreadsheet application, maybe iRows? Or how about an presentation solution, maybe build an application on top of S5? That would only leave Access and Visio without competition in this space.

For more on this, read Matt’s article on Borkweb.

google, writely, office, word, microsoft, web20, web2.0

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