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GDocs vs. ThinkFree vs. Zoho vs. MS Office

Posted by timothy on from the probably-the-one-steel-cage-is-enough dept.

CWmike writes "Web-based productivity suites, once almost a contradiction in terms, have become real challengers to desktop applications. Google Docs, ThinkFree, and Zoho, have all made major improvements in recent months. They're becoming both broader, with more applications, and deeper, with more features and functionality in existing apps. The question is: Are these three applications really ready to take on a desktop-based heavy hitter like Microsoft Office?"

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  1. Re:eh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So twitter, how many accounts now?

  2. Re:Office is da bomb. by aussie_a · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I spoke with several people before buying Windows XP a couple of months ago. They all recommended XP over Vista.

  3. Re:Oh no, it's twitter again. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Please mod parent up

  4. Re:Office is da bomb. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You should know that most of the "people" posting in this thread are the same person.

  5. Re:No.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In the future, with new faster internet I could image all applications being streamed from a server, much like tunneling x. This is, in my opion the only way to completely stop piracy. Like all mp3s, media, etc could be on a central server adn it could be streamed.

  6. Re:Office is da bomb. by KGIII · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Could this be yet another twitter clone? It sure looks like one... Clones are Usually aNnoying Twitter...

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    "So long and thanks for all the fish."
  7. Re:Oh no, it's twitter again. by SevenSpirits · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Please mod exactly two of parent, grandparent, great-grandparent and child up and the other two down.

  8. Re:Oh no, it's twitter again. by Random+BedHead+Ed · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mods, just look at this nonsense. Can you believe it? All these requests in the parent, grandparent and great-grandparent posts ... ridiculous, aren't they? They think they can push you around, that you'll do whatever they think is appropriate.

    I say screw them. You know what you should do? Mod great-grandparent down. Mod grandparent down. Mod parent double-down, and mod this comment Funny. And if anyone replies to this comment they should definitely be modded down. That's what you should do to teach these pesky Mod-dictators a lesson.