Google Apps vs Microsoft Office, Would You Switch?

[fazaal24]

Google Apps Premier Edition is a collection of office tools for businesses -- word processor, spreadsheet, e-mail, calendar and web page creator -- all of which are accessible through a web browser. Pricing is set at $50 per user per year, less expensive than Microsoft Office but with much the same functionality. Microsoft has its own web-based suite of tools in Office Live, but the company's offering doesn't match Google's. And Google isn't going after Office Live, it's going after Office.

Reasons to switch to Google's web-based office suite:
Cost.
Centralized data storage
Security
24/7 access to the work space
Cut the Microsoft leash

Reasons to stay on the desktop:
Privacy
Regulatory compliance
Google Apps is incomplete
Working on the web is weird
No offline access

Google Apps

 

[tckrockz]

dunno chkin

 

[Anusha]

On the desktop!!!

Having those web based google appz is good as a failsafe, but using them for every small task is going to be a tedious task imo.

 

[tckrockz]

destop thama

 

[fazaal24]

ya desktop is easier....wat if connection error or somethin...sry ne

 

[Anusha]

ya desktop is easier....wat if connection error or somethin...sry ne

Yeah. But I think at least google will do something to save the files automatically, just as Office does.

Anyway, don't forget that even on the desktop, Windows may crash

 

[fazaal24]

Yeah. But I think at least google will do something to save the files automatically, just as Office does.

Anyway, don't forget that even on the desktop, Windows may crash

hmmm...ya thats true....if there is a saving option then no prob...but if the server suddenly goes down and if u couldnt save ur work...then becomes a trouble

ya windows 2 crashes....but that doesnt happen alwayz

 

[MCLINER]

ya

online applications r damn slow
wil take hours 2 process a doc

so I choose Ms office fr nw

 

[Anusha]

hmmm...ya thats true....if there is a saving option then no prob...but if the server suddenly goes down and if u couldnt save ur work...then becomes a trouble

ya windows 2 crashes....but that doesnt happen alwayz

Hey, Google servers won't crash as a PC

 

[MCLINER]

Hey, Google servers won't crash as a PC

huh

gud point

 

[shanX]

Microsoft Office

Google web apps, not practical to get used to.. , but I'll switch if they'll put desktop ones

 

[GNS]

OFFICE...

'cos of my Dial-up...

 

[fazaal24]

Hey, Google servers won't crash as a PC

ok...then...wat abt adsl going dwn

 

[Wal Bada]

OpenOffice.org ekath oya wagema aawa! ekatath mokuth karaganna bari unaane?

 

[Anusha]

ok...then...wat abt adsl going dwn

I don't face any problems with ADSL. It never disconnects erroneously. Only the IP refresh after 10 hours.

 

[fazaal24]

I don't face any problems with ADSL. It never disconnects erroneously. Only the IP refresh after 10 hours.

then its luck

 

[Anusha]

then its luck

Actually, it's bad luck for YOU, rather than good luck for me.

ADSL working flawlessly = normal.

 

[fazaal24]

Actually, it's bad luck for YOU, rather than good luck for me.

ADSL working flawlessly = normal.

ya ya.....usually i am unlucky

 

[geethq]

I dont know anithin about googleaps