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Microsoft and IBM probably aren't going to worry about Google's entry into the productivity software market quite yet, but this could be a boon for home users and small business owners who don't want to pay the exorbitant costs of buying Office or Lotus products. Plus, you don't have to use up your HD storage space for applications. Cost will be $50/license/year for full use of the software package.
I predict this will be a trend in the future, where you just "rent" an application rather than pay to own the application. By using a hosted application, you also don't have to worry about paying for upgrades.
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I predict this will be a trend in the future, where you just "rent" an application rather than pay to own the application. By using a hosted application, you also don't have to worry about paying for upgrades.
Google has been offering a free version of its online software suite called Google Apps for the past six months. More than 100,000 small businesses and hundreds of universities nationwide are using the free service, Google said.
The fee-based version, Google Apps Premier Edition, includes five times more e-mail storage _ 10 gigabytes per e-mail box _ as well as a guarantee that all services will be available 99.9 percent of the time with around-the-clock technical support. Google also is adding mobile access to e-mail accounts through the BlackBerry devices that tether workers to their offices.
The fee-based version, Google Apps Premier Edition, includes five times more e-mail storage _ 10 gigabytes per e-mail box _ as well as a guarantee that all services will be available 99.9 percent of the time with around-the-clock technical support. Google also is adding mobile access to e-mail accounts through the BlackBerry devices that tether workers to their offices.