The Office suite is used by every Googler every day (and that's every Googler, not just eng). It's what the company runs on.
There's no way in hell it's getting shut down when it's that critical to business operations.
There's no way in hell it's getting shut down when it's that critical to business operations.
This is just not remotely plausible of a shutdown target. It also dates back to 2006. I'm struggling to think of even five Google products I would name as being less likely to be shut down.
This is unlike, say, Reader, which was canceled with no replacement to this day.