Google Acquires Writely

Google Blogoscoped reportsthat Google Acquires Writely, a web-based, word processor. The blogger shows how several seemingly disparate Google services are starting to look a lot like a GoogleOffice may be on its way.

My brother and I have had some discussions about Microsoft's fears of Google. I've contended that those fears are unfounded because I've never seen Google and MS to be direct competitors. MS makes its money from operating systems and office applications. Google makes its money from ads and searching. I've held that they dominate two different markets.

This insightful piece of information shows that Google could be trying to horn in on the application market of MS. This is something that MS should be worried about. I still think their Windows monopoly is secure though.