Free Online Word Processing Software from Google

Google just released a new free service. This service called Docs & Spreadsheets combines an online word processing software and a storage and sharing system. In fact, Google simply shared two applications that it had already: Writely, acquired at the beginning of 2006 and his storage and sharing system.

No installation will be necessary and the service will be completely free. By offering Docs & Spreadsheets free, Google competes with the famous Office of Microsoft which is sold nearly 400 $ and requires a long installation. Let us recall that Microsoft and its Word software dominate the field of the word processing software since years and that version 2007 of Office should be released in a few weeks.

Microsoft carries out the majority of its profits by selling its Office package and Windows to private individuals or companies of the whole world. Also, the arrival of a free text processing which is likely to be very popular, like all the products of Google, could hurt Microsoft badly.