GOOGLE-SUN COLLABORATION

Source: Forbes

The broad consensus is that the deal announced between Sun and Google will have little or no impact on Sun in the near- or mid-term, and little impact on Microsoft . Further, many Wall Street analysts agree that the long-term financial benefit to Sun from the software collaboration is questionable.

Analysts say a closer look at the Sun/Google alliance shows that competitive concerns with Microsoft are overblown. Moreover, the companies provided only a vague idea of what they're doing now and how specifically they might collaborate in the future. Google has announced no actual commitment to [Sun's] OpenOffice, other than to consider promoting it.", since Google may sometime in the future comeup with its own version of Office Software.

Google will merely consider helping distribute OpenOffice but made no commitment to host the software suite. However, Sherlund advised investors to "stay tuned" because "Google seems destined to cross paths more directly with Microsoft down the road."

Sadagopan, has pointed out the in's and out's on Web Based Office Suite. These webbased applications has more bright chances of acquiring a major pie of the market share. Still will these network powered software would help, ordinary desktop users with very less access to the Internet. The issues concerned with security concerned with the application needs to be considered very very seriously.

Category:Google,Sun Microsystems