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That's interesting. They'll be "comparable" to google docs, which Ballmer called "pretty primitive" just a couple of weeks ago?

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/10/steve-ballmer-disses-goo...



That's an interesting find but he's not necessarily being hypocritical or deceitful. Ballmer could just think that the web apps Microsoft is announcing today are super awesome compared to Google Docs.


When a company playing catchup says "comparable", they generally mean "not quite as good as".

So it still seems an odd mix of messages to me.




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