Well Mlango, it looks like google agrees with you and not me.

NYT
March 10, 2006
Google Acquisition Signals New Rivalry
By BLOOMBERG NEWS

Google Inc. said yesterday that it had bought the Silicon Valley start-up Upstartle, gaining its Writely Internet word processing software. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Writely lets users compose documents on the Web and share them with others, according to notes on Google's Web site yesterday.

Upstartle released a test version of Writely software last August.

The acquisition puts Google in direct competition with Word software from Microsoft and signals the intention of Google to expand its reach into Microsoft products.

While Microsoft is already testing small-business software that is delivered over the Internet, the company is not offering word processing software that is delivered using the Web.

Upstartle has four employees, according to the company's Web site.