MS Office 2010 released. Time to upgrade to Google Docs

Today, Microsoft officially launched its Office 2010 for companies using the volume-licensing. For other companies and users the office suite will be available in June. The web-based version - Office Web Apps, that is the main new feature in Office 2010 and its main weapon in competition against Google Docs, will appear also in June. Google responded to the release in very original way - they used the fact that the main competitor to Office 2010 is actually not Google Docs, but Office 2007 (or 2003). The point is that why pay several hundred dollars for the new version of Office 2010 (+ Sharepoint 2010), if using Office 2007 in combination with Google Docs, you can get even more features at virtually no cost. Here is the comparison table, that was published in the Google Enterprise blog:

	Google Docs + Office 2007/2003	Office 2010
Required user licenses	Google Apps	Office 2010 Sharepoint 2010 Sharepoint & Windows Cals
Cost	$50/user/year	$499 (Office Professional) + Sharepoint 2010 + Windows Cals + server hardware
Server software	-	Windows Server 2008, SQL Server Express, Sharepoint Server
Server hardware	-	server 64bit, 8Gb RAM, 80Гб
Datacenter replication	included	additional software and hardware required
Store and share office documents in the Cloud	yes	Sharepoint 2010 required
Real time collaboration on the web	yes	Excel only
Real time collaboration in desktop applications	soon (MS Office 2007, 2003 required)	Sharepoint 2010 required. manual updates