Google is searching for its second act beyond search, including with applications that compete with Microsoft's word processing, spreadsheet, e-mail and other office productivity products.
Microsoft bundled them in the Office suite, and its office productivity software came to rule that market as well.
Hmm, reminders that are integrated into email, work via forwarding, and automatically sync with other products in your office productivity suite?
Microsoft Office is now available for Google Chromebook users through the Google Play Store – a notable addition, given the two companies offer competing products in terms of office productivity software.
In the Productivity and Business Processes category, which includes the Office productivity suite, Dynamics, LinkedIn and other products, Microsoft reported revenue of $8.2 billion, up 28percentt.
Its Windows operating system running Microsoft's Office productivity applications is probably the most lucrative product platform in history.
Equally, hardware is nothing without software, and Sun's products include the Solaris operating system, the Java programming language and an office productivity suite called variously Open Office or Star Office.
Are meetings a drain on office productivity?
Microsoft's Windows operating systems and Office productivity software remain immensely profitable.
For the workplace, Osram Sylvania's researchers are looking to control light to improve office productivity.
In other news, office productivity is up across America," tweeted Matt Moore.
