Microsoft counters Google's sales pitch to Office users

From InfoWorld: Microsoft has gone on the counterattack against Google, saying that its rival's online applications don't cut it as supplements to Microsoft Office.

In a lengthy blog post, Alex Payne, director of Microsoft's online product management team, took on a recent Google sales pitch, which urged Office users to put off upgrading to the new Office 2010, and instead add Google Docs as an online complement to older editions.

Matthew Glotzbach, Google's enterprise product management director, made a direct appeal to the millions of corporate workers who rely on Microsoft's Office. "If you're considering upgrading Office with Office, we'd encourage you to consider an alternative: upgrading Office with Google Docs," said Glotzbach. "You probably already own Office 2003 or 2007 (or maybe Office 2000), and there's no need to uninstall them. Fortunately, Google Docs also makes Office 2003 and 2007 better."

Microsoft had a problem with that pitch.

"They are claiming that an organization can use both [Office and Google Docs] seamlessly," said Payne. "This just isn't the case."

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