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It's not about being hip. For small businesses with a few branches, Google Docs and other cloud-based services like Trello are god-send. Even though we have Mic
by nopinsight 15y ago
It's not about being hip. For small businesses with a few branches, Google Docs and other cloud-based services like Trello are god-send. Even though we have Microsoft Office, cloud-based collaborative and real-time update features are the most important criteria. We decided to use Google Docs instead of MS Office for more and more documents over time as their feature set matures and wireless infrastructure becomes widespread.
- wladimir 15y ago"hip" was probably the wrong word. It's more like "having the temporary advantage". I expect desktop office programs will also support real-time collaboration in the near future. It's indeed an incredibly useful feature, so there is no reason why it would remain limited to third-party hosted web programs. (and desktop programs could implement security features such as encryption, and/or use peer-to-peer protocols, preventing third-party privacy issues)
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- mike-cardwell 15y ago"collaborative and real-time update features are the most important criteria" What if MS Office or LibreOffice eventually bake these in to their applications? There's no need for cloud storage for real time collaboration.
- Czarnian 15y agoAnd you still gave Microsoft your money.