Microsoft Office has been one of the world’s most useful software, corporations and individuals rely on it everyday. Microsoft has always stockpiled “large amounts of cash” from Office productivity software suite sales. However, in the past year “Microsoft has made it easier for consumers to access Office via the cloud and online downloads.”
I strongly agree with the opinion in Mariska’s blog that “Google Docs is more useful for personal usage” and “Google Doc’s personal revenue will not be higher than the corporate revenue”
Microsoft devotes itself into developing personal and working use for several decades. It is not so easy to change the situation that almost every PC or laptop has Microsoft software because of its convenience and flexible. Google Doc develops with the widen process of Internet, it provides a great place for people working together with high efficiency. However, it is quite hard for it to make profits. Microsoft can sell their products and set different price for each version in order to satisfy different need. On contrast, if you have to pay before using Google Doc, will you still choose it as the first way to work? The number of users probably will reduce a lot. So that Google Doc still cannot take the place of Microsoft.