Windows offers Google Doc equivalent, do you care?

Posted on | June 8, 2010 | View Comments

Windows yesterday (7th June) posted a message launching their Office web apps on Skydrive in UK, US, Canada and Ireland. I had a quick play around with it and compared it with Google Docs, see screenshots below:

Microsoft Office suite

Google Docs

The question I am trying to ask myself is why would someone using Google Docs for say less than three years be interested in migrating to SkyDrive? There is a OneNote document feature, which is different but possible a glorified Google Document? I am probably judging Microsoft without giving them a fair chance.

I would love to know what are the next steps for Windows to improve their SkyDrive offering? How can brands and developers use their web apps? What would be it’s unique selling point (USP) in the next 3-5 years?

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