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Google to launch online spreadsheet to compete with Microsoft
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Agence France Press
 
By Agence France Press
Published on June 7, 2006
 

SAN FRANCISCO - Internet search giant Google announced plans for an online spreadsheet program to compete with the dominant Excel by Microsoft.

The move by Google poses another challenge to Microsoft, whose Excel program is part of its Office suite of programs that dominates the sector.


Google Online Spreadsheet

Google said it was launching a limited test of an online version of a spreadsheet program, which has rows and columns and is often used for comparative analysis of financial data.

"I predict there will be crisis meetings at Microsoft today," said Joe Wilcox, an analyst at Jupiter Research who follows Microsoft.

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