All the Right Reasons Microsoft Should Be Worried
Mint just launched its new online money management service at TechCrunch40 this week. I was part of the beta and it is nice! Also this week Google unveiled it’s PowerPoint Competitor. This puts two more thorns in the side of Microsoft, because you can now not only replace Microsoft Office, but you can do it with online services, and best of all you can do it for free.
Microsoft Word: Google Docs, Zoho Writer
Microsoft Excel: Google Docs, Zoho Sheet
Microsoft Power Point: Google Docs, Zoho Show
Microsoft Outlook: Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Zimbra (recently acquired by Yahoo), Zoho Mail
Microsoft is one of those companies that needs to compete in every market, and can’t just sit anything out. With the exit of Bill Gates coming up quickly one has to wonder what, if any, change will come to Microsoft. Meanwhile as Microsoft readies its answers to all of these new services, we sit and wait for Vista SP1.
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Hey Matthew,
Thanks for including Geezeo in this list. Zoho, Gooogle Docs…great apps to be associated with.
At Geezeo we take advantage of a ton of great mostly free web apps for managing our business including Google Docs, Gmail, Basecamp, Highrise, Lighthouse to name a few.
Some other resources we use that don’t directly compete with MS Office, but are great tools for start ups include Skype, freeconferencecalls.com, BofA free payroll service.
It’s amazing how many great resources are out there. These tools really bring down barriers for startups. Now if they could just do something about health insurance