As I was searching for an alternative free Office cloud alternative for personal and business use I stumbled on my googling the M$ site "skydrive.live.com"
At first I thought it was only an evaluation but to my astonishment It is not! See the Wiki content...
Windows Live SkyDrive, initially called Windows Live Folders, is a free-of-charge file hosting service that allows users to upload files to a cloud storage and then access them from a Web browser. It is part of Microsoft's Windows Live range of online services, and uses Windows Live ID to control access to files, allowing users to keep the files private, share them with contacts, or make the files public. Publicly-shared files do not require a Windows Live ID to access.
Any way could this be the upcoming rivalry for google Docs free cloud Office app?
We all know that Excel was their #1 product that has put up a good history and also there is a free beta use of Office 2011 though I did not download it and did not make effort to look how long the free use will be because I want to try only the cloud based application.
So far to my tests on IE8, Opera, Firefox and Chrome there are no problems encountered. Except for being slow because it loads a lot of features.
The free cloud service has a 25GB storage vs Google Docs 1GB Document storage and 10GB for other files. You can increase the Google Docs storage but for a price.
To me as of now the free Excel product is a big YES for me because most of my formula's are for Excel and only a minimum was supported in Google Docs. But I hope soon Google Docs can overcome this problem.
