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(Unverified)Dec 21st 2007 2:01PM
Michael wrote, "There's even this special deal out there to get all of Office for only $60 : http://theultimatesteal.com/"
Uh huh. That's for college students. This post was primarily pointed at business people (for whom there are simply no deals on MS Office).
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There is a group of users who prefer free products, like Open Office, and will likely be intrigued by Google Docs. I don't think the time is right (yet) for the majority of business users to go there. Maybe one day.
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A lot of what's been pointed out above in comments is absolutely true as to why people haven't migrated to Google Docs. The sticking points (outlined in my article) are reiterated in comments - new paradigms, storage, security and more - but the big one - needing Internet to get to your documents (Scott pointed this out) - is a very big one; big enough to keep a lot of users from trying Google Docs.
Most ideas ahead of their times either grow with the times or fade away. My money is on Google making the Docs better and more desirable to find a more mainstream business audience.
Ya'll have a Merry Holiday!
(Unverified)Dec 22nd 2007 2:11PM
Zoho docs,(www.zoho.com) it's free, it's online, but use google gears to work with your documents offline. I think it's a good solution for google docs fans and for offline microsoft solution olso. you don't need internet for your documents all the time.
QuikboyDec 21st 2007 7:16PM
True, it is for college students only, but I was just pointing that out, to say that MS Office doesn't always come at an exclusive premium price.
And just as there's many users who like free things, there are also many users who like quality things.
And overall, it's proven that quality > free. Meaning that quality usually outdoes anything that's free, where you don't have to worry about privacy concerns, ads, hidden fees, finding a hack for extended functionality, and all those other things.
It's like Microsoft can never do anything right. When it comes to quality, it's always Apple. When it comes to free, it's always Google. But yet it seems like Microsoft's free or/and quality stuff never seems to be popular. I wonder why...