The Future Of Software

According to this article from Knowledge at Wharton, the future of software is much related to the Internet.
Particularly, this seems to be a great challenge for Microsoft, the king of off line software.
On the one hand, Google has its own Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, already online (Google Docs).
On the other hand, there are others threats for Microsoft. IBM for example, has launched its own “Office” open source software partnering with Google, as the New York Times informs (OpenOffice.org).
Should Microsoft go online with its software to survive?

17 November 2007 | Trends in Marketing, Into the Future, Internet Trends, Trends in Technology, Innovation | Comments