Google Enters Web-Office Market

jaiva writes "Google's official blog tells us that Google has acquired Writely, a collaborative word processor." From the article: "To be clear, Writely is still in beta, and it's far from perfect. Upholding our great user experience means everything to us, so we're not accepting new registrations until we've moved Writely to Google's software architecture. If you're interested in giving us a try, we hope you'll get on the waitlist so we can let you know when you'll be able to try out Writely."

Corporate Ladder

[LiquidCoooled]

Intercom: "Mr Writely, would you please proceed to the 34th floor."

Writely: "I'm going up to the 34th floor!"

Lift Guy: "Hiya Writely, going down again today?"

Writely: "Hey there Preston. Nope, I'm going upstairs today!"

Lift Guy: "Ahhhhh you've been called to the 14th floor again?"

Writely: "No, I'm going higher than that. This is a call all the way to the top - the very top!"

Lift Guy: "Woooooooow, I hear they have Aeron Chairs up there!"

This looks really cool :)

It's in beta? Great.

[Anonymous Coward]

In other news, Google releases a new slogan:

"What starts in beta, stays in beta"

This is obvious...

[__aaclcg7560]

To be clear, Writely is still in beta, and it's far from perfect.

A perfect into the Google product line.

Writely rites good!

[LiftOp]

Spelchecker needs werk.

Love, Gogle Developmint Teem

Sheesh...

[MyLongNickName]

Can't these guys invent something new? They do a lot of good things, but it seems like all they do is embrace a new technology, buy a company, then extend it if they feel the need.

What next? Online e-mail? ;)

A collaborative reply.

[slashbob22]

Slashpoo^H^H^Hdot:
A collaborati^H^H^Hative environment is the^H^H^H only good if you hate^H^H^H^H trust the people you are working with.

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I have used my share of realtime collaborative environments. For some reason, someone is always immature enough to start drawing rude pictures or writing pointless statements.

While I realize it isn't always the case, I find that half of the people I collaborate with online are in the same building. Come visit, lets go for a coffee and work on the same document there.

Re:pieces of a puzzle...

[Anonymous Crowhead]

we are going to be returning to dummy terminals

So, you are switching back to Windows?

Kidding aside, I doubt we will switch to dummy terminals but it would certainly lessen the requirement of any particular OS.

Re:This is obvious...

[LeonGeeste]

Yeah, I was kinda surprised by that, releasing a product in beta is an unusual move for Google.

What's old is new...

[ferd_farkle]

"a collaborative word processor that runs in a web browser"

This sort of app is awfully reminiscent of The World Wide Web, written by Tim Berners-Lee at Cern a while back. Anything ever come of that...?

best quote

[matt4077]

It's true -- everyone told us it was crazy to try and give people a way to access their documents from anywhere -- not to mention share documents instantly, or collaborate online within their browsers

She sounds like Napoleon after starting the war against russia, or maybe Einstein telling someone time is relative and space is bent.

Oh my GOD, sharing DOCUMENTS??? REVOLUTION! Someone call Nobel. He has TO GIVE HER A PRICE.

Re:Compatibility

[Anonymous Coward]

You just shattered his dream of selling textarea to Google for millions of dollars.

Enjoy kicking puppies too?

Re:This is obvious...

[bloggins02]

I see that your post is still in beta as well.

(sorry)

Re:best quote

[joranbelar]

Oh my GOD, sharing DOCUMENTS??? REVOLUTION! Someone call Nobel. He has TO GIVE HER A PRICE.

OK. $699 and she's yours.

Re:pieces of a puzzle...

[AnyoneEB]

I think beta would be a major improvement for DNF.

Re:It's in beta? Great.

[borganha]

Google is much beta now. Very happy.