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In Acquiring Jotspot, Google Bolsters its Strategy Against Microsoft

Acquiring Jotspot makes a lot of sense for a company that is trying to both build up its lead in search and catch up Microsoft in productivity systems. Offering browsers an opportunity to collaborate on Word documents and Excel spreadsheets is an important way to get people to turn off MSFT and tune out Office, but offering Wikis to boot is an important next step in Google’s evolution.

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Posted By: Ashkan Karbasfrooshan | Oct 31st

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