Microsoft's online Office variant preps for business [and iPhone]

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You'll get a taste of what a web-based version of Microsoft's Office for Firefox, Safari, the iPhone and Internet Explorer can do later this year.

Microsoft confirmed Wednesday that Office Web applications - announced last October - will be ready for testing along with the next edition of its Office suite, Office 2010, in the third-quarter. Release to manufacturing for Office 2010 is due in the first half of next year.

It'll be the first time you get a hands-on experience of the eagerly anticipated suite and potential competitor to the desktop version of Office and Google Docs.
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Office Web applications are scheduled to be available for Firefox and Safari in addition to Internet Explorer, and will be able to run on Apple's iPhone.

The Register.

Sounds interesting...

 

[ravenvii]

Wow, this does indeed sound very interesting. It will be interesting how it compares to Google Docs. I've always thought Google Docs could be so much more. Maybe Microsoft will push the envelope this time around.

And if they make it actually compatible with Firefox and Safari, and not just a watered down version like Outlook Web Access, this can be excellent.