Writely Moves into Google
Writely, which was acquired by Google a month ago, has started accepting new registrations. While it doesn’t appear to be part of a Google Office Suite as yet, there are signs that Google maybe moving in that direction. As it is, we already have Google spreadsheets, calendar and mail applications. A Google storage service is rumored to be launching soon and Gartner analysts are predicting that a Google powerpoint application will launch too.
Should Microsoft be worried? I don’t know. Writely is a small application without the features and verstality of Microsoft Word. But then, it is free. And like most Google products, it can only get better in time. What does this mean for the knowledge worker? Nothing at the moment. No company is going to be asking its employees to move to Writely anytime soon. Except maybe Google, of course.
