I still dont understand why everybody compares Google Apps to MS Office. Is it not more a MS Exchange replacement. My MS Office (including Outlook) works fine WITH (not against) Google Apps. My bet is Google Apps will move towards file synchronization... and you will be able to do that through the API.... and trhe API is the key.. not the AJAX interface. for example we are developing an FREE open source "business application platform" (think salesforce.com). Our first application is working tightly integrated with GOOGLE APPS. (applicationexchange.com)
The key is the API. I have been using Google Apps for over 6 month now and its pretty cool. But there have been some outspoken critics about it. http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=4537
We are currently working on an open source "business application platform" (think salesforce.com). Its working right now with Google Apps but we are obviously thinking of integrating it with other open source products like OpenExchange etc... We are just doing our first beta. if you are interested let me know. http://www.applicationexchange.com/
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I still dont understand why everybody compares Google Apps to MS Office. Is it not more a MS Exchange replacement. My MS Office (including Outlook) works fine WITH (not against) Google Apps. My bet is Google Apps will move towards file synchronization... and you will be able to do that through the API.... and trhe API is the key.. not the AJAX interface. for example we are developing an FREE open source "business application platform" (think salesforce.com). Our first application is working tightly integrated with GOOGLE APPS. (applicationexchange.com)
The key is the API. I have been using Google Apps for over 6 month now and its pretty cool. But there have been some outspoken critics about it.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=4537
But it does definitely have the potential of shifting the market. The key for this is (on old Google tradition) the ability to integrate over the net. Big companies like Avaya will ad tremendous value to Google Apps.
http://www.avaya.com/gcm/master-usa/en-us/corpora
We are currently working on an open source "business application platform" (think salesforce.com). Its working right now with Google Apps but we are obviously thinking of integrating it with other open source products like OpenExchange etc... We are just doing our first beta. if you are interested let me know.
http://www.applicationexchange.com/