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Google Apps Slow to Replace Competition

Posted by Soulskill on from the work-in-progress dept.

ericatcw brings us a Computerworld article about how businesses are still hesitant to switch to Google Apps as an alternative to Microsoft Office. While a Google spokesman claims "millions of active users", only "several thousand organizations" have paid for the Premier service, which was launched earlier this year. From Computerworld: "'If we deploy it correctly, Google Docs can replace some [of] our Office apps -- but not all of them,' said Les Sease, IT director of Prudential Carolina Real Estate in North Charleston, South Carolina. Sease would like to switch everyone over completely to Google Apps. But first he would like to see better synchronization between Google Apps and mobile devices, shared online file storage similar to that of Apple Inc.'s .Mac, as well as a simple desktop publishing tool similar to Microsoft Publisher."

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  1. google flaps by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  2. User Responsibility.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Perhaps the burden of responsibility should be placed on the user, for instance in the web app I am working on, there is an option to download your data. And I recommend that, because sometimes the servers go down or something beyond my control.