Cause you got a free*, Microsoft Office compatible document viewer/editor, with free* document sharing and collaboration before anyone else made a decent one.
And it was cross compatible with any computer that had a web browser.
It was game changing for small organizations, especially non profits.
Proud google hater for over 20 years now. 😁 I just don’t understand why they’re still relevant at all.
Cause you got a free*, Microsoft Office compatible document viewer/editor, with free* document sharing and collaboration before anyone else made a decent one.
And it was cross compatible with any computer that had a web browser.
It was game changing for small organizations, especially non profits.
Largely because thay are a defacto monopoly in too many areas.
Unless some viable competition emerges (or some anti-trust legislation breaks them up), they’re hard to avoid.