先日、Googleの無制限ストレージサービス「GDrive」の話が知れ渡ったが、それだけじゃあ、面白くない。Microsoft Word文書をGDriveに保存する？ それはイマイチだろー、ってわけで、今や有名なAjaxワープロ「Writely」とGoogleが話をしているという噂が、Business 2.0マガジンのOm Malikによって紹介されている。
Writelyは、昨年9月にStartUpしてすぐに使ってみたんだけどわりといい印象を持っている。Business2.0が選定した、The Next Net 25（次のGoogleになり得る25の候補）にも入っている会社で、この情報自体は「very strong rumor from fairly reliable sources（信頼筋からの強い噂）」だそうだ。期待していいのかなー？
GigaOM : » Google, Writely In Talks?:
So you all know that Google’s got designs for a G:Drive and doing an end run around Microsoft? Now what if you can simply store and save data on that drive, but that’s not clearly as much fun. What if you could write a document in a browser, much like you write on Microsoft Word, but then save it directly to the G:Drive? That would increase the utility of G:Drive tremendously. Maybe that explains why Google is rumored to be in talks with Writely, a browser-based document processing application, for a possible acqusition.
*Updated*
ひぃー、これを書いた後、すぐに噂ではなくなった（本当に買収したようだ）。後先逆じゃなくてヨカタ（笑）
Writely Blog:
Yes, we've been acquired by Google, and we're really excited about this for many, many reasons. But I can hear you saying, 'I don't care why YOU'RE excited - I want to know how this change will impact ME!'
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