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Web App War II: Office Web Apps (Office 2010 vs. Google Docs)

As expected, Microsoft presented Office 2010 at its WPC09 keynote this morning. The an hour long video of Office 2010 keynote is available online starting at 01:38:50 mark.

The web apps of Office 2010 is a very polished response to Google Docs. Finally, after its Outlook web app started this modern web app warfare in 2000, Microsoft is able to make a strong challenge to Google. Google may have to commit significant resources to improve and innovate on Docs in the next few years. This will be an exciting event to watch...

Plan B, Cisco?

With Microsoft and Google fighting with office web apps having extended features for voice and conferencing support, Cisco is looking very much out of place with its Webex based strategy. What can Cisco do next?

BTW, Chrome OS Reviews...

Most reviews on the Chrome OS focusing on windows and netbooks are probably missing the real target. I think the Chrome OS is for making devices "Web App Ready". It is likely to archive what HotJava failed to do (running apps inside browser) with its in-browser Java VM almost 15 years ago. I had that deja vous feeling when watching the Chrome release announcement last year. By next year, I hope to see Chrome OS based set-top boxes allowing me to watch Laker games while twittering or working in Office web apps on my HDTV using an iPhone like remote control.

Posted at 10:53PM Jul 13, 2009 by tientienli in Personal  | 

Google announced Chrome based web OS

Wow!! Google announced the Chrome OS tonight. The following is a brief summary of Google's announcement:

• an open source, lightweight operating system targeted at netbooks.
• code will be open-sourced later this year
• Chrome OS netbooks will be available in the second half of 2010
• the OS run on both x86 as well as ARM chips
• the OS is running on top of a Linux kernel
• this is a new project, separate from Android
• more updates in the fall

Looks like this is a virtual OS layer on top of a Linux kernel. Very much like what I pointed out last year when Chorme was released, see Google Chrome, a solid foundation for modern web applications.

Posted at 10:43PM Jul 07, 2009 by tientienli in Personal  |  Comments[2]