[djim]

how is this nimble? the chrome web store has been around for years and so has office online. this is microsoft being forced to compete on ground they don't want to compete on. you see how by listing their apps on this web store, they have validated chrome os as a platform? whereas google still refuses to release native apps for microsoft's mobile platform, and that certainly hasn't helped microsoft. this is microsoft losing.

[ChuckMcM]

"How is this nimble?"

In the same way a supertanker turning with a turn radius of 5 miles is "nimble." Microsoft is a big place with a lot of entrenched products, processes, and policies. Being able to change those to enable shipping this product is 'nimble.' Continuing to not adapt to the way to the way the world is changing would be "non nimble."

Personally I think it shows a lot of growth on Microsoft's part, and that is a good thing.

[eli]

I'm not sure how much blame should be placed on Microsoft or credit given to Google for software trending away from native applications and towards "the cloud." I think that would have happened with or without either company.

[cheez]

This guy has never released software.

[ditojim]

ah but i have. and these are web apps. deploying them on the chrome web store is a cinch.