Google Buys Online Word Processing Company Writely

Om broke the talks story first, and it is now confirmed: Google has bought a startup called Upstartle, which makes Writely, a collaborative word processor that runs in a web browser.

Om writes: “Buying Writely is in line with Google thinking of using browser for everything. I mean an online word processor, and online excel spread sheet make a lot more sense than making people switch to OpenOffice.”

WSJ: To date, Google has played down speculation that it would extend that strategy to word processing and other services that compete with Microsoft’s core PC software business. The Upstartle deal is a step in that direction.

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