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The features of Docs and Word are more of a Venn diagram than a circle. One does not easily substitute for the other.
by DoubleCribble 8y ago
The features of Docs and Word are more of a Venn diagram than a circle. One does not easily substitute for the other.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoI don’t think I need to expound on why one shouldn’t rely on Google Docs-specific features for business processes. Will the feature you need last longer than Wave? Or Inbox? Will you get a shutdown notice as bad as that for the Google+ API?
- DoubleCribble 8y agoMaybe? But what's the average life expectancy of a particular workflow? As long as the feature outlives my workflow, I'm a happy camper.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoI can’t speak to workflow longevity. My assumption, based on enterprise work experience, is that corporations using Office 365 and MS Flow are going to prefer that workflow over Google Docs (and they’re probably already federated to Azure AD, making access control easy peasy). People want to derisk what they deliver, and want to keep their jobs. Microsoft delivers on that, Google does not. This isn’t about emotion, it’s about pragmatism.
- DoubleCribble 8y agoNo doubt there are enduring legacy effects of enterprise Office use. There's a very long tail there. However, I think Google is approaching this from the End User standpoint. They're making it possible for people with just a little tech skill to start making magical things, no engineer required. The paradigm is shifting as we speak.