Both Microsoft and Adobe made announcements on Monday that shows they are starting to take online services seriously. Adobe announced the purchase of Virtual Ubiquity, developer of the web word processor Buzzword, and launched a file-sharing service called Share. Microsoft on the other hand announced a web component for the Office suite of programs that will allow users to store, share and comment on documents. According to this CBC article "Microsoft Office Live Workspace, which launched as a test version on Monday, doesn't actually let users create new files from scratch online, but it is a step by the company towards bringing its suite of desktop applications to the web." Google has the lead but don't expect either of these giants to go down without a fight... competition is healthy!
