Microsoft and Google want are documents

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com>]

Google buys Web word-processing technology
http://news.com.com/Google+buys+Web+word-processing+technology/2100-1032_3-6
048136.html?tag=nefd.top

Showing that it's more than a little interested in enabling people to handle
office tasks over the Internet, Google said Thursday that it has snapped up
Writely, a maker of a Web-based word processor. 

The acquisition was noted on both Writely's main Web site and on a blog run
by Writely co-founder Claudia Carpenter. 

"Yes, we've been acquired by Google," Carpenter wrote. In a frequently asked
questions page on Writely's site, the word processor company says it doesn't
yet know what the implications of the sale are. 

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Microsoft Acquires FolderShare, a File-Synchronization Technology Provider
https://www.foldershare.com/info/company/aboutUs.php?

REDMOND, Wash. - Nov 3, 2005 - Microsoft Corp. today announced it has
acquired FolderShareTM, a leading service in the emerging space of file
synchronization and remote access technology that helps customers access
information across multiple devices. FolderShare customers will continue to
be able to enjoy the service at http://www.foldershare.com. Financial
details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Launched in 2002 and owned and operated by Austin, Texas-based ByteTaxi
Inc., the award-winning FolderShare service saves customers the hassle of
sending large files via e-mail, burning them to CDs or DVDs and mailing
them, or uploading them to a Web site. Instead, it allows customers to sync
important information, making it well suited for personal or small-business
use. The FolderShare service also enables private, remote access to
customers' own files from any Web browser.

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