On Monday Google released its free Google Presentation freeware to battle the well known Microsoft's Power Point presentation. The software comes as part of Google's free online software thats bundled as Google Docs. 
Not that Google is giving Microsoft a run for it's money yet, but it is my humble opinion that soon enough that may be the case. For Google to offer new free software that has some of the same basic functionality, translates to perhaps Microsoft will no longer have it's dominating Monopoly of these basic office applications.
From a simple economic standpoint the fact that there is a decent competitor in the race against Microsoft is a good sign for consumers. This is true because the two rivaling companies will now compete in terms of features and functionality. Microsoft may end up lowering their prices to compete with Google's freeware, and Google may beef up its software to compete with Microsoft's features.
All in all, this is just a battle that will take some time to play out. And the end result will ultimately benefit the consumer.
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