Sabeer Bhatia is the man who made Hotmail, which was later sold to Microsoft in 1997 for around $400 million. After few projects that did not do well, he is back with Live Documents. Live Documents is an online and offline Office suite of programs similar to Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Looks similar to Office Live Workspace or Google Docs or Zoho? So, what is different and new about this Live Documents? It promises to be easy to use and work with. Besides offer both Online and Offline editing capabilities and also support integration with MS Office installed on client computer via Live Documents desktop client.
Online Live Documents - Live Documents provides you with a full Office productivity suite - Word, Excel and PowerPoint in the browser itself. So, you just need an internet connection with any browser to access Live Documents website, easy!
Offine Live Documents - Download and install Live document plugin which embeds in Microsoft Office Application. Live Document desktop client also synchronizes all changes made to a documents, thus resulting in updated document on offline and online platforms.
Live Documents: Website - How To - Get Invited
Sabeer Bhatia has unveiled a product that will make both Google and Microsoft stand-up and take notice. Well, time will tell how successful this venture is. Personally, I still prefer to use offline means to work with docs. Live Documents offline options is surely a worth try, atleast for me!
January 11th, 2008 at 10:47 am
[...] years together for his successful venture Hotmail, Sabeer Bhatia recently made big buzz with the launch of Live Documents service. While Live Documents is still restricted to invite only crowd here comes another startup from Mr [...]