Will google's online doc and spreadsheet kill Microsoft office and Open office?

Question

http://www.skillipedia.com/

your views

Answer 1

No - online solutions like this are useful, but will never replace a home solution.

Answer 2

Probably not. Then again, who can say for sure? When Google started making a search engine, the dominant players in the market (Altavista, Yahoo, Inktomi, etc.) appeared to be there to stay. Nowadays, the vast majority of internet users uses Google search because it is, quite simply, the best search there is (as opposed to using it because of clever advertising). If Google manage to make their online products vastly superior to those already on offer (not too difficult in the case of Microsoft!) in terms of usability, then yes, they will "kill" the other products. This is a big "if", however, as they have to convince the masses to stop using the stuff that comes with their computer, or that their computer recommends that they buy, and to migrate to an online service. But I think that we will all be working increasingly online over the next 5 years. It will probably come to the stage in the next decade or so when the internet and the operating system merge together and the two become necessary, complimentary components of a greater whole. Then Google will be in a very dominant position.

Answer 3

I think Google are expanding way too fast and taking on way too many new services. Microsoft have been around for a very long time and it will be hard to persuade users to change now.

Answer 4

Perhaps in the consumer marketplace, but not in business markets.