5 Reasons Why Google Will Challenge Microsoft's Office Monopoly

Google is now head-to-head with Microsoft in the Office Apps market, as you may have guessed from the recent Google Apps announcement. What you get from Google is word processing, spreadsheet, calendar, chat, web page creation and email. There are two price points:

1. It's free. Just log on to Google and register. But prepare to be advertised at and you'll get less storage space (what Google gives you is still all you're ever likely to need if you archive your email every year or two).
   
2. Google Apps Premier Edition costs $50 per user per year and, you can use your own branding and domain name on email, etc.