Microsoft Office Live Workspace which was initially launched as a private beta or invitation-only service in October 2007 is now open to the public. The launch of public beta stage brings new features and improvements over existing features such as larger storage space of 500MB or more than 1000 documents of average size. However, Office Live Workspace isn’t a full-fledged online office suite such as Google Docs because it’s an online extension of its offline desktop Microsoft Office suite.

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Adobe has entered the online office market by acquiring Virtual Ubiquity’s Buzzword, a Flash-based word processor and will directly compete with Google Docs, Zoho, ThinkFree, Zimbra and Microsoft Office Live Workspace which is currently in beta stage. Buzzword is currently an invite-only preview but the service will remain free after it goes public.

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