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> save a lot of IT Admin costs if they switched to Google Docs + Chrome Books There's practically zero administration involved. I'm sure there are companies w
by pestaa 10y ago
> save a lot of IT Admin costs if they switched to Google Docs + Chrome Books
There's practically zero administration involved.
I'm sure there are companies who could benefit from this; but they need to accept that they rely on a single provider and its uptime for all their software and data storage requirements.
This is a huge trade off, and must be considered carefully.
- jpatokal 10y agoGoogle Docs work pretty well offline, and I suspect Google's uptime beats the pants off your average locally administered "shared disk" type office network.
- samastur 10y agoTurns out it doesn't. That may be due luck, but we used both for more than 5 years and our local stuff never went down while Google's did. Difference is probably still in favor of Google because of costs as long as you use local backup copies to avoid being embarassed in important meetings.
- wstrange 10y agoThat is an interesting anecdote, but as you say - likely more attributed to luck.