Comments on: Google to release Google Office? http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-to-release-google-office/ Tom Raftery, social media consultant, speaker, blogger and podcaster Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:13:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: hostyle http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-to-release-google-office/#comment-1897 hostyle Tue, 04 Oct 2005 20:06:06 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-to-release-google-office/#comment-1897 No way in hell this is a web-enabled office suite. It will be a windows only download similar to google desktop search. Unfortunately. If I'm wrong I'll donate a tenner / equivalent in pints to any following comment that gets it near enough right - before the release / annnouncement obviously. Let the guessing games begin. No way in hell this is a web-enabled office suite. It will be a windows only download similar to google desktop search. Unfortunately. If I’m wrong I’ll donate a tenner / equivalent in pints to any following comment that gets it near enough right - before the release / annnouncement obviously. Let the guessing games begin.

]]> By: Mark http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-to-release-google-office/#comment-1895 Mark Tue, 04 Oct 2005 13:07:50 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-to-release-google-office/#comment-1895 Pro: Someone else can keep the app up and running. Maybe they'll even backup your data too. Con: The next time your network provider has an outage everyone who uses that service is stopped dead in their tracks. Bottom Line: Unless there's an option to host this stuff locally, inside the boundary where the IT organisation retains ownership, it'll only be of interest to consumers and SMBs. Pro: Someone else can keep the app up and running. Maybe they’ll even backup your data too.

Con: The next time your network provider has an outage everyone who uses that service is stopped dead in their tracks.

Bottom Line: Unless there’s an option to host this stuff locally, inside the boundary where the IT organisation retains ownership, it’ll only be of interest to consumers and SMBs.

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