Leaked Documents Reveal Google Online-Application Strategy

Google recently acquired Upstartle, which has developed a Web-based word processor called Writely. Instead of running the software and storing the documents on the local PC, a Web-based word processor operates inside a web browser and the documents are stored on a remote server. Expanding its vast array of Linux servers, Google would use an on-line storage facility "Gdrive" to store everybody's documents. The word processor is not the first office software component for which Google provides a Web-based version. GMail is another such system, and an on-line calendar application is under development, perhaps indicative of a larger plan by Google to provide a complete on-line office suite. Read more...