Comments on: Free For All… Office Sweepstakes http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/free-for-all-office-sweepstakes/ Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:01:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Complete List of 2007 Web / Technology Acquisitions » The StartUp Blog at PartnerUp http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/free-for-all-office-sweepstakes/#comment-181542 Wed, 21 May 2008 15:17:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/free-for-all-office-sweepstakes/#comment-181542 [...] without the hassle of having any specific browser or software. Press Release | ReadWriteWeb | GigaOm | Mashable | [...]

]]> By: Zoho Vs. Google (And Microsoft And Adobe) « GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/free-for-all-office-sweepstakes/#comment-181541 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:35:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/free-for-all-office-sweepstakes/#comment-181541 [...] this week, Adobe entered the online office game with its acquisition of Virtual Ubiquity, a Waltham, Mass.-based startup behind online word processor Buzzword. Meanwhile, Microsoft just [...]

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/free-for-all-office-sweepstakes/#comment-181540 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:39:37 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/free-for-all-office-sweepstakes/#comment-181540 Too much antitrust grief for an ADBE + MSFT marriage.

]]> By: Rick http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/free-for-all-office-sweepstakes/#comment-181539 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:13:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/free-for-all-office-sweepstakes/#comment-181539 Google or Microsoft buys Adobe?

G and M must be pondering.

]]> By: sc http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/free-for-all-office-sweepstakes/#comment-181538 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:15:37 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/free-for-all-office-sweepstakes/#comment-181538 Top on my list of tech company fantasy marriages is Microsoft merging with/acquiring Adobe. ADBE, at about $26b in market cap, has made solid software development products, which were MSFT’s forte.

With the clouds over Silverlight having no lining at all, and the inevitability of hosted solutions, this acquisition will provide Microsoft the ability to dominate rich media software development tools.

]]> By: Rick http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/free-for-all-office-sweepstakes/#comment-181537 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:24:37 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/free-for-all-office-sweepstakes/#comment-181537 Just this weekend, I was thinking Adobe is much to the web like MS is to the desktop. Adobe has a great platform. Apps is a step up the value chain. Good move IMO.

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