Comment on blog post by mariskaloudella

In her blog post, Mariska argues that the development of Google Docs could pose a threat of to document manager, Microsoft Office, through the fact that they both offer a similar service with Google Docs’ added value being its group usage.

In my opinion, Google Docs is a threat that will have to be, and probably already is, thoroughly monitored by Microsoft. Although the service, provided by Google, only allows usage through the internet and more precisely to users possessing a Gmail account, as well as to this day contains less functionalities, further development of the web service could pose a severe threat to Microsoft. After all, restricting the online service to Gmail users isn’t a prominent barrier to usage nowadays when an email account can be created within seconds.

Mariska however puts forward the point that many users nowadays use Microsoft Office and have somewhat forged a loyalty to Microsoft which is hard for any newcomer to distort.

We will have to closely observe the situation in future months to determine what the effects of Google Docs will be on Microsoft office. Could we end up witnessing another internet takeover? Only time will tell.

Link to blog post: https://blogs.ubc.ca/mariska10/2013/11/17/will-google-docs-kill-off-microsoft-office/