Microsoft Building Google Apps/Zoho Competitor

When Google launched its Online Office suite, Google Apps, not many believed that it will take away Microsoft's market share. There were various reasons supporting this like its focus on Small Businesses, lack of offline presence etc.

Given these reasons, Google Apps is still a killer product and have lead Microsoft to join the Online Office bandwagon. It has been clarified by one of the Microsoft developer, Ted Hilton, in his blog post. Microsoft is developing its response to online office applications like Google Apps and Zoho.

Although the post now stands modified but you can read the portion of original post below:

"The product has tons of potential and will probably be competing with the likes of Google Spreadsheets, DabbleDB, Zoho and JotSpot Tracker. It's a really exciting time to be working on this product! There you have it...my new chapter ..."