Web2.0 is really beginning to show some promise. Online telephony from Skype, online knowledge from Wikipedia.org, and now online word processing from Google…yep, the big G has bought Writely, a web-based word processor.
Though the product is still in beta (sound familiar), it is reasonably robust. I’ve been playing with it for a while, and while no Open Office, or MS Word, it does do the job, and then some; additional features include live blogging, online collaboration, tagging..etc.
Due to the increased buzz from the Google purchase, you can’t sign up now — though you can add your name to the waiting list.
The online Beta-o-meter currently shows Writely at 59%…so they have a way to go, but it does look like it will be a valuable addition to Google’s toolset as they move to challenge Microsoft in the productivity software arena.
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tesbo, what you rite, it good. rock on.