Free Web-Based Office Extension From Microsoft

Microsoft seems to really get into the online realm, and its tools become with each day more and more Web-oriented. Leaving the subscription-based services aside, there's still a lot to get from Microsoft when it comes to online document access and sharing, and I am talking about Office Live Workspace, made available for free as a Web-based extension for the notorious Microsoft Office software suite...


Microsoft's Office Live Workspace has been previously available only as a private beta, and now everyone can register for free, with the final release being pretty close, scheduled to happen later this year.

With this occasion, I found out an impressive detail - according to Stephen Elop, president of the Business Division at Microsoft, the online service I mentioned above, combined with the "rich client experience" of the Office suite itself would provide "a seamless computing experience for our 500 million Office users worldwide". Half a billion Office users? WOW!

While Office Live Workspace doesn't provide full capabilities online, it allows you to take advantage of features like remote storeage or version control, which can prove extremely useful for collaboration and small business management.

The most interesting part is that Office Live Workspace is not a direct competitor to Google Docs, after all, just as Google Docs is not a realy threat to Microsoft's Office, unlike OpenOffice or other free office productivity suites...

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