The Savvy Technologist

Online office suite competition

Computerworld has a handy article comparing four leading web-based office suites. Their favorite by a wide margin is ThinkFree Office Online, a free suite offering a word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation tool. It looks like the ThinkFree crew has more in store:

Currently, ThinkFree hosts only a free version. By April 2007, the company will make available a Premium Edition that will offer offline and online access, synchronization between offline and online files, bulk archiving of documents in your online folders and priority tech support (with 24-hour response). Following the release of the Premium Edition will be a version for small and midsize businesses that will add group and user access.

I’ve used Google’s word processor and spreadsheet a few times, and I’ve been impressed. I’ll have to put ThinkFree through its paces; I’m especially interested in the collaboration features.

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Tags: google