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by chollida1 4609 days ago
> 7 years after Google Docs. What am I missing?

Your right, and don't get me started on Google staring a search engine 4 years after Lycos and Go.com. I mean what's the point.

What am I missing?

Even though I think your trolling I'll bite and give you an honest answer.

There are a few reasons:

1) Google Docs isn't that good. 2) clients want a desktop office suite with the option for a web based office suite to do light work when not at their main machine. 3) people who use the online apps are a click away from downloading and buying the desktop version of office 4) its training non paying customers to use office for when they need a more powerful office suite.