The company hopes its customers will be able to search and use hundreds of affiliated software packages designed to make life more fun and productive. It is starting out with 18 different third-party packages, including design software from Autodesk, faxing and slideshow software, and video editing tools.
“It’s less about you storing data, than about creating and collaborating,” said Sundar Pichai, senior vice president for Chrome and Apps at Google, who headed up the release of Drive. “Data storage happens on the way.
