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If you needed further proof that Google will eventually take over the known universe, today’s announcement of the last major component of the Web-based productivity suite that Google continues to insist is not a competitor to Microsoft Office might have you thinking, well, duh! Google will add a PowerPoint-looking presentation tool to its cutely named, Docs & Spreadsheets package. It will be based on the  technology from just acquired Tonic Systems, which created Java-based systems for presentation creation and document conversion. Eric Schmidt refuses to concede that the Google suite poses any threat to the Redmond Empire. "We don't think its a competitor to Microsoft Office," Schmidt said. "It's casual and sharing and a better fit to how people use the Web. My guess is many companies in the audience are building products like this or other variants of this using the emerging architecture." Mmmm. Wanna bet that Microsoft might not agree with that?.

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