From Webpro News:

Google nearly sneaked this one in us. Late Thursday, Google quietly made Writely, the online word processor the company acquired in March, available to the online populace again. As 4PM EDT Friday, there's still no mention of at the Press Center.

The news must have gotten lost in all of the excitement in Mountain View over attending the Star Trek convention in Vegas, which they were sure to issue a press release about yesterday - and blog about it.

Captain's log: got so excited about Marissa Mayer in Spock ears, forgot to tell everybody about Writely.

Writely is one of those new Google-owned services that gets everybody tossing around phrases like "Microsoft-killer" and makes them rue the plight of the little guys, who'd been working on similar server-based applications.

Still in beta, the "Web word processor" requires visitors to sign up for an account before trying it out. The application allows users to share documents online, team edit from anywhere there's an Internet connection, and store documents online.

And I was waiting for it to happen. Let see....

You got Mail
You got Calendar
You got Spreadsheet
and now you have Word Processor... Whoa! It may not be a Microsoft killer, but it may not HAVE to be.

Many people dont need the full blown robustness of Microsoft Office. I know I don't for most task. Add to that the fact that you can share and collaborate with the above tools for FREE, and you have a winning combination!

Add true sync capabilities to these products and Palm for example, and you have a REAL killer application.

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