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and microsoft must be kicking itself even more than it already is
i've tried out google docs/spreadsheets and it's nice, but you dont always have an internet conenction available (airplanes, car rides, my house because comcast hasn't shown up yet) so i'll be sticking with office for now
and who actually uses powerpoint other than high school teachers and buisness people wanting to hide their losses behind flashy animations?
I like how google is producing all of these free internet products for people. They could be terribly obnoxious with advertisements, but they've managed to make them subtle and unobtrusive. It will be interesting to see how their office suite competes with Microsoft Office which has such a stranglehold on the office software market. The addition of a free office suite to a quickly growing Mac world could really back Microsoft up against a wall.
It is nice that google is offering these services to people. This is a great ideo for people who need to work on a presentation together, who are across the country, or in different countries. The downside to it, you need to be on the internet to get to your docs you have stored online. It is nice that they allow you to add files direct from powerpoint. This could be a handy tool for teachers who want to post their slideshows for students.
I love how everyone is always surprised with things like Google Apps. Certainly it's nice to be able to do slide shows over the internet, but if you are using this because it's a free version of powerpoint, then your being pretty ridiculous. If your really looking for a free version that's probably infinitely better, just stick with the Open Office package....
I could see how Google apps could be used for editing files in place of a server. Here, if we're sharing a file with an advisor or asst it often gets put on the server and a direct link to the file exists in an email. If you were doing stock work, or something where there wasn't a server, but you also didn't want to fill up your hard drive, Google apps could be a viable alternative.
Google has done a really nice job making their application suite user-friendly. Much like the genearl aesthetic appeal of the Mac over the PC, Google spreadsheets, docs, etc. are much easier to use when compared to Microsoft Office. It does seem interesting that Google can afford to make all of these free online applications when the office sutite is outlandishly expensive. But we all know they're doing quite well for themselves.
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and microsoft must be kicking itself even more than it already is
i've tried out google docs/spreadsheets and it's nice, but you dont always have an internet conenction available (airplanes, car rides, my house because comcast hasn't shown up yet)
so i'll be sticking with office for now
and who actually uses powerpoint other than high school teachers and buisness people wanting to hide their losses behind flashy animations?
I like how google is producing all of these free internet products for people. They could be terribly obnoxious with advertisements, but they've managed to make them subtle and unobtrusive. It will be interesting to see how their office suite competes with Microsoft Office which has such a stranglehold on the office software market. The addition of a free office suite to a quickly growing Mac world could really back Microsoft up against a wall.
It is nice that google is offering these services to people. This is a great ideo for people who need to work on a presentation together, who are across the country, or in different countries. The downside to it, you need to be on the internet to get to your docs you have stored online. It is nice that they allow you to add files direct from powerpoint. This could be a handy tool for teachers who want to post their slideshows for students.
I love how everyone is always surprised with things like Google Apps. Certainly it's nice to be able to do slide shows over the internet, but if you are using this because it's a free version of powerpoint, then your being pretty ridiculous. If your really looking for a free version that's probably infinitely better, just stick with the Open Office package....
I could see how Google apps could be used for editing files in place of a server. Here, if we're sharing a file with an advisor or asst it often gets put on the server and a direct link to the file exists in an email. If you were doing stock work, or something where there wasn't a server, but you also didn't want to fill up your hard drive, Google apps could be a viable alternative.
Google has done a really nice job making their application suite user-friendly. Much like the genearl aesthetic appeal of the Mac over the PC, Google spreadsheets, docs, etc. are much easier to use when compared to Microsoft Office. It does seem interesting that Google can afford to make all of these free online applications when the office sutite is outlandishly expensive. But we all know they're doing quite well for themselves.
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