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Google Gears: NOT a Microsoft killerPosted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on Jun 1, 2007 7:34 AM
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Google Office vs. Microsoft? Maybe I indicated today, underscoring that Google finally, apparently, has the guts to let Google Apps compete in the big boys market, a for pay one. Does that...[Read the rest]

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