In a recent article in Technology Bites, Microsoft Office Live Workspace is reviewed. Office Live Workspace is a reaction to the popular online document services of Google Docs and Zoho. Overall, Microsoft is given a good review. However, in order to edit online documents, users have to download a plug-in for MS Office. While this plug-in destroys the reason why Google Docs and Zoho are so popular (free and editable with ease), this decision by Microsoft makes sense. MS Office is a source of big bucks for Microsoft, and the software giant would not relinquish its prized possession freely.
I have not gotten the chance to try Google Docs, Zoho, or Office Live Workspace. The need for online editable documents just has not been an issue for me yet. I do believe though that I will be using some form of this kind of software as the group work done in the College of Information Sciences and Technology will push me in this direction. I better get ready.