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Google Apps Premier Edition Launches, Widely Used
Tookis writes "Google's online productivity suite (Google Apps) has already replaced Microsoft products at more than 100,000 small to medium enterprises. Additionally, it's been deployed for serious work-related projects at two of the largest companies in the world. Product manager for Google Enterprise Kevin Gough was quick to point out that although the premier edition of Google Apps only just launched, it's already been adopted by companies like GE, Procter & Gamble, Prudential and Loreal. He goes on to describe the role of Apps: to augment, not necessarily replace existing IT solutions. Just the same, he says, the role of Apps can be powerful where traditional services may be too expensive. Says Gough, 'There's a large segment that's under-served by today's productivity tools. Production workers and retail employees for instance. 48% of all employees actually don't even have an email address. That's because the cost of hardware, software and maintenance has made it prohibitively expensive to provide email to employees.'"
Mark me as troll all you want, but I have been working in real corporations with real people for 7 years now. I know what real people want, and that is Windows OS with Office. This may change in 10 years as new generations step up to the work force, but today there is no place for Linux or Google in the enterprise for end users. The only thing worthy that Google had until this point is Google Earth and Desktop Search. New windows desktop search rocks the world and has a much nicer user experience, and give me http://maps.live.com/ anytime.
Nice try but Ajax is in no way comparable to mainframe/terminal. It's essentially a intelligent/fat client. JavaScript is executed at client side and not server side.