Microsoft Office Live Workspace to beat Google Docs?

Finally, Microsoft is stepping up to compete with the rival Google’s Online Office Suite, Google Docs. With the announcement of Microsoft Office Live Workspace beta,the software giant aims to offer Microsoft Office its web companion, allowing users work with their Microsoft Office files online. And since it is online, anywhere access and file sharing is also guaranteed. But currently, this is under the pre-registration stage which means that Office Live Workspace beta will initially be available in English to a limited number of people. Pre-register now to be one of the first to try it. They will keep you posted about when your workspace will be ready.

According to JESSICA MINTZ of The Associated Press,

Workspace wasn’t intended as a standalone program, said Chris Capossela, a corporate vice president in Microsoft’s business software division, but rather a “companion service.” At a media event last week, Capossela and Jeff Raikes, president of the division, stressed that users were most interested in using the power of the Web to access their documents from any computer, and for collaborating, and not for creating sophisticated documents. Office Live Workspace is not to be confused with Office Live, a set of tools Microsoft first developed to help small businesses build Web sites and manage online advertising campaigns. Office Live will be renamed Office Live Small Business, Microsoft said.

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