Online software

Also not new. I can't remember the guy's name, but the guy who heads the Xbox division at Microsoft told Gates himself that Microsoft needed to "webify" their applications. That was like five years ago. And Google bought writer a long time ago because it caught on so well. They eliminate the need to have the software loaded on your pc and you can get to them anywhere. Plus you can collaborate. It beats the old software arrangement in several ways. That's why Google is buying up these online systems. They're trying to pull the best of the web together.