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Writely is technically the product and Upstartle is the company that owns, develops, and maintains Writely. However, Writely has been used in reference to the company, and has been adopted as the de facto company name. There is no overall storage limit for files. However, each individual file cannot exceed 500KB. An important feature is the ability to save all files made in Writely as Microsoft Word .doc format, Postscript, RTF , and ODF files that can be opened, edited, and printed in many office suites, making interoperability easier. Other output options for Writely files include basic HTML and PDF . However, Google state that PDF could actually become a premium feature once out of beta testing. Another feature is intergration with blogging servers, including ones going beyond Google's own Blogger . After server configuration, users can simply press a button to upload their new post. At the moment, Writely has closed down open registration to its service; however, current users have 50 invitations to distribute via asking them to collaborate with a document, which will in turn give the new user access to the whole of the service. Writely uses Ajax and XML . It has been described as an example of a " Web 2.0 " system. Writely developed a Writely module for the personalized homepage website, Netvibes . On March 9 2006 , Writely was acquired by Google . At the time it was acquired by Google, Upstartle had 4 employees. SEE ALSO
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