Add Writely, Google’s Web-based word processor to a Web-based spreadsheet application and voila – you have Google Docs and Spreadsheets.

Docs was released today – phew – just in time for the Office 2.0 conference in San Francisco, which incidentally, begins today.

On another but strangely related note:

Acomment made by Steve Ballmer yesterday according to ZDNet’s blog:

“I do think that we’re in a transition where software goes from something that’s in its pre-Internet day to something we call Live where you have click-to-run capability on a Web site….”

Hmmmmm, I love Billy boy, but what IS happening to his baby? I really wish Microsoft would stop talking about itselflong enough to just get out there and DO something – sort of like in the old days……proactive, not reactive Microsoft is so much more fun.