Call it aggressive comparative marketing or manifestation of long-term rivalry, Microsoft has tried to show Google docs in a bad light by criticizing its performance by saying that Office will never give a “suboptimal experience” for its users like it.
Microsoft’s blog post begins with explaining some features of Office while criticizing Google docs at the end.
“If someone on your team moves the file to Google Drive and opens it to make changes, you no longer experience that familiar Office look and the formatting is a mess, will likely be recreating the formatting and making sure no content was lost,” reads the blog post.
“No matter what kind of group project you’re collaborating on, you don’t want to waste time reformatting and finalizing the collective work of your team, or worrying whether one or more of your team members is unable to share in the rich Office experience on their devices.”
Microsoft has said that the main reason why Google docs is not at par with Office is its unfamiliar look and lack of user-friendly tools that are seen in Office.
The blog post also says that users need not settle for a “suboptimal experience using Google Docs” as Office is available on PC and iPad already. The company also hinted that other platforms will soon receive support for Office and the Office experiences “will continue to make collaborating across devices easier, richer and more complete than ever.”
Office for iPad was introduced recently and it was received well. The company is prepping Office Touch, especially for users who have migrated to Windows 8 to enable them make use of the comfort of the modern UI. Office Touch will supposedly be rolled out this year following Android port.
When they actually make Office for Android, I’d think about their criticism.