Hi Viraj, I've never come across this kind of term so far, you may want to search it on the Google site itself. Vikas Kapoor, MSN ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype ID: dl_vikas Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Viraj Kafle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 7:32 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Microsoft may offer web programs
> Hello Vikasji, > > I'm just curious about google's web-based word-processing programs > mentioned > in this article. Do you have any information? how to access them and how > handy they are? > > Regards, > > Viraj. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vikas Kapoor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Access India" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 7:22 PM > Subject: [AI] Microsoft may offer web programs > > >> Microsoft may offer web programs >> >> Sep 22, 2006 >> >> Microsoft is planning free-web based versions of its word processing and > spreadsheet programs. >> >> The online versions of the programs will lack many of the features found > in the full versions found in Microsoft's Office suite of applications. >> >> Although the programs will be free to use, Microsoft is planning to fund > them via advertising. >> >> The move is seen as a rebuff to Google and others which already offer >> free > versions of these types of programs. >> >> The free programs are likely to be based on Microsoft's Works software > suite that is often installed on low-cost home PCs. >> >> No date has been set for when the free programs will show up on the net > but the software giant told the Reuters news agency that it was > "considering" new >> distribution and payment models for its software. >> >> Like many others Microsoft has already started experimenting with > web-based services. Windows Live lets people create a personal page that > brings together >> many of the things they do online such as read news feeds, blogs and deal > with e-mail. >> >> There is also a beta version of a WYSIWYG writing tool for writing blog > posts. >> >> Microsoft's Office suite dominates the business market but the software > giant has had more competition of late as rivals produce and release free > versions >> of programs that do the same job as those in the package. >> >> For instance the Open Office project offers free versions of programs >> that > are very similar to those found in Microsoft Office. >> >> In addition, Google now owns the Writely online word processor and >> earlier > this year started offering an online spreadsheet. >> >> Many other smaller hi-tech firms run web-based versions of the > applications people use in business or on their home PC. >> >> Microsoft's Office suite is hugely successful for the company and > currently about 25% of the company's revenue is generated by sales of it. > A > new version >> of Office is due in 2007. The BBC is not responsible for the content of > external internet sites >> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5370144.stm >> >> Vikas Kapoor, >> MSN ID: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Yahoo ID: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Skype ID: dl_vikas >> Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. >> To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at >> > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
