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Web-based Office suite will hurt Microsoft
02 Oct 05 - http://www.approximity.com/cgi-bin/blogtariAgile/index.rb/Prediction/DeathOfMS1.rdoc
A web-based office suite, maybe partially powered by Ajax will eventually kill Microsoft’s cash cow office.

It will take 5 years, as one has to get all right. The fast intuitive UI, the security, the marketing and many other things. Looking at a big company, most people only use:

Why did openoffice not have a wider impact so far? Can a web-based suite win without entering the "comopatability/file format" war?

Have a nice and long weekend. It’s the last two days of the Oktoberfest, so I am preparing for some beer.