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Google will launch an assault on one of Microsoft’s biggest earners today when it unveils its first suite of paid-for office tools.

For $50 (£26) a year per user, Google Apps Premier Edition will offer corporate customers a bundle of web-based applications including e-mail, a word processor and a spreadsheet. It will compete with Microsoft’s Office, which includes the software stalwarts Word and Excel.

A Microsoft spokesman played down the threat, saying that online services such as Google’s were “not alone in altering today's technology industry”. He added: “Productivity applications [such as Office] represent a very competitive space in which more than 450 million users around the world have consistently chosen Microsoft.”

Microsoft’s Business Division, which includes Office, accounted for $3.5 billion of the group’s revenues of $12.5 billion in the latest reported quarter, making it the largest source of sales. .. More http://business.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle1421520.ece

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kesang Senior Member Status: Offline Posts: 128 Points: 71.3 Bank: 931.4 Total Points: 1,002.7 Donate Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: KTM Rep Power: 0	Google to Launch New Office Tools in Challenge to Microsoft. - 02-22-2007, 09:18 PM Google will launch an assault on one of Microsoft’s biggest earners today when it unveils its first suite of paid-for office tools. For $50 (£26) a year per user, Google Apps Premier Edition will offer corporate customers a bundle of web-based applications including e-mail, a word processor and a spreadsheet. It will compete with Microsoft’s Office, which includes the software stalwarts Word and Excel. A Microsoft spokesman played down the threat, saying that online services such as Google’s were “not alone in altering today's technology industry”. He added: “Productivity applications [such as Office] represent a very competitive space in which more than 450 million users around the world have consistently chosen Microsoft.” Microsoft’s Business Division, which includes Office, accounted for $3.5 billion of the group’s revenues of $12.5 billion in the latest reported quarter, making it the largest source of sales. .. More http://business.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle1421520.ece + peace +