The future of desktop applications
Having documents stored in the cloud using online storage space such as SkyDrive has been around for a while now but being able to not only access these documents but also edit them online in a comprehensive fashion is still something that has limited functionality such as with Google Docs. Google Docs is a great service and hugely convenient but sometimes has problems dealing with features embedded in MS Office documents.
In steps MS Office Web Apps – whilst still in “invite only” trials it appears to offer many of the features of MS Office in a streaming fashion. By no means is this ready for public consumption and in my opinion the infrastructure isn’t there to support it yet but it is very interesting nonetheless.
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