Sunday, November 25, 2007

Sabeer Bhatias another take on Microsoft.

Talk of biting the hand that fed you. Sabeer Bhatia, founder of Hotmail, who eventually sold it to Microsoft for $400 Million, is staring straight at the behemoth’s eyes.
Sabeer’s startup InstaColl has developed a suite of online office productivity tools with an aim to take a bite of the extremely lucrative market segment. How lucrative? How does $20 Billion sound to you?

Live Documents aims to offer functionality equivalent to Microsoft’s commonly used Word, Excel and PowerPoint software. It is available as an optional desktop client application and is free for individual customers, similar to a offering from Google Inc.—Google Documents.

The Live Documents desktop client also ensures offline access to documents. The cost of the application for business users such as companies is $5 per month per user

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