Privacy and Online Tools [7:05 pm]
Net-centric computing and faith in goodwill: Your Money: Now, Free Ways to Do Desktop Work on the Web
There is another way to do almost everything these programs can do — some would say you can actually do more — and you can do it free. A number of smart programmers have developed word processing, spreadsheet, calendar and other software that you operate while in a Web browser.
No one is saying they are a direct substitute for Word or Excel, but they do have a distinct advantage. The programs can be used by several people at different computers to collaborate on a document.
