AppJet’s EtherPad collaborative browser-based word processor is, many people say, much easier to figure out and use than Google Docs, with a much more intuitive, attractive user interface. Talk is cheap, but Y Combinator-funded AppJet, founded by former Google employees, has proven itself by getting a small number of customers to pay $8 a month for its Professional Edition, which adds features aimed at small-company office workers.

And this morning AppJet announced on its company blog that it’s been acquired by Google for an unspecified amount. Here’s some advice for Google: Let the AppJet team overhaul not just Google Docs, but ...

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