Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 6th Jun 2006 21:52 UTC
Google is launching an online spreadsheet that will let you load Excel files and share documents online. Up to 10 people can work on the spreadsheet at the same time - the names of people editing and reading it will appear in a chat window. Users can save the documents to their Google account or export them as .csv, .xls or html files. Like the launch of Gmail, Google is limiting the number of new users for software - still in beta - to avoid overloading its systems. Cnet wonders, should Microsoft be worried?
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This is great. Not having to buy/download/install/maintain an Office app but just use an online spreadsheet I would imagine would be of use to many people, especially when you consider the limited use most people have for spreadsheet programs.
OK it there might be a risk to security/privacy but a lot of the information people work out on spreadsheets probably isn't that confidential.
Provided Google continue to fund this projects through advertising then I can't see how the consumer can lose. Considering MS's prices even a small monthly fee would probably be acceptable to a lot of people.