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Office through Office365 has, IMO, left Google Docs behind. It's actually quite a nice product - arguably better than the more recent versions of the desktop c

by douche 10y ago

Office through Office365 has, IMO, left Google Docs behind. It's actually quite a nice product - arguably better than the more recent versions of the desktop clients, for non-power usage. GoogleDocs hasn't changed appreciably in the ten plus years I've been using it. I get the impression that Office 365 is eroding their solid foothold in education, and I've been seeing enterprises go to Office 365 en masse, mostly for Exchange, but the whole Office suite comes along with it.

hk__2 10y ago
> GoogleDocs hasn't changed appreciably in the ten plus years I've been using it Google Docs went publicly available in 2007 (= 9 years ago); how can you have been a user for 10+ years?
- douche 10y ago
  I guess it's only been just under 10 years[1], rather than 10 plus. [1] http://googlepress.blogspot.com/2006/10/google-announces-google-docs_11.html http://googlepress.blogspot.com/2006/10/google-announces-goo...
  - kwijibob 10y ago
    Just scan through the google docs blog. You'll see lots of steady iteration of new features. It gets better and better. I use it daily and also find the speed and reliability excellent. It feels like they are making great strides behind the scenes in scalability. I have written 4000 words fully references postgrad essays in google docs. Google spreadsheets does all my organisations budgeting and planning systems.
    - beachstartup 10y ago
      > Google spreadsheets does all my organisations budgeting and planning systems. i suspect this is the #1 use case.... roll-your-own centralized shared ERP with version tracking, permissions, users, etc. it's what we use too, but as we grow we're slowly replacing individual spreadsheets with real/saas tools, but then we're just making new ones for software that doesn't exist yet, so it continues to grow overall.
abrookewood 10y ago
Have to disagree. Within the last year I tried to get my team to migrate to Office Online and the lag was terrible to the point where you simply can't collaborate on documents together. I have no issue with Office 365 in general, but if you're trying to do online document collaboration, Google Docs is miles better.
- huac 10y ago
  Have to agree with this comment. Word Online is bad enough, when you start using Excel or Powerpoint Online it becomes disastrous. I've needed the extra functionality of Excel/Powerpoint over Google Sheets/Slides at times, but 'collaborating' over Office365 was much, much more painful than working individually and recombining sheets like the old days
bitmapbrother 10y ago
You clearly haven't used Google Docs in some time. To imply that Google Docs hasn't changed throughout its development span is just plain disingenuous. As for seeing enterprises go to Office 365 en masse I think just the opposite is true. Enterprises aren't going to continue paying these outrageous prices for Office anymore and it's a very easy target for budget cuts.

by douche 10y ago

hk__2 10y ago

> GoogleDocs hasn't changed appreciably in the ten plus years I've been using it Google Docs went publicly available in 2007 (= 9 years ago); how can you have been a user for 10+ years?

douche 10y ago
I guess it's only been just under 10 years[1], rather than 10 plus. [1] http://googlepress.blogspot.com/2006/10/google-announces-google-docs_11.html http://googlepress.blogspot.com/2006/10/google-announces-goo...
- kwijibob 10y ago
  Just scan through the google docs blog. You'll see lots of steady iteration of new features. It gets better and better. I use it daily and also find the speed and reliability excellent. It feels like they are making great strides behind the scenes in scalability. I have written 4000 words fully references postgrad essays in google docs. Google spreadsheets does all my organisations budgeting and planning systems.
  - beachstartup 10y ago
    > Google spreadsheets does all my organisations budgeting and planning systems. i suspect this is the #1 use case.... roll-your-own centralized shared ERP with version tracking, permissions, users, etc. it's what we use too, but as we grow we're slowly replacing individual spreadsheets with real/saas tools, but then we're just making new ones for software that doesn't exist yet, so it continues to grow overall.

abrookewood 10y ago

Have to disagree. Within the last year I tried to get my team to migrate to Office Online and the lag was terrible to the point where you simply can't collaborate on documents together. I have no issue with Office 365 in general, but if you're trying to do online document collaboration, Google Docs is miles better.

huac 10y ago
Have to agree with this comment. Word Online is bad enough, when you start using Excel or Powerpoint Online it becomes disastrous. I've needed the extra functionality of Excel/Powerpoint over Google Sheets/Slides at times, but 'collaborating' over Office365 was much, much more painful than working individually and recombining sheets like the old days

bitmapbrother 10y ago

You clearly haven't used Google Docs in some time. To imply that Google Docs hasn't changed throughout its development span is just plain disingenuous. As for seeing enterprises go to Office 365 en masse I think just the opposite is true. Enterprises aren't going to continue paying these outrageous prices for Office anymore and it's a very easy target for budget cuts.