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In our recent experience, video in Google Hangouts is great for group calls with offshore devs - much more stable than Skype, and better quality overall. That'

In our recent experience, video in Google Hangouts is great for group calls with offshore devs - much more stable than Skype, and better quality overall. That's just one aspect, but I can see Google apps posing a serious threat to MSFT.

pinaceae 14y ago
ever tried Google Spreadsheets vs. MS Excel? it's like drag racing a Yugo vs. a Porsche. the browser is such a shit environment to deal with large data sets.
- meaty 14y ago
  This times a million. If it's got more than a few sheets or few hundred rows then you will find out how much of a difference there is. That ain't much in the scale of things either.
- crag 14y ago
  No to mention, Office 365. Which, IMHO is very slick. Good luck Google. They're gonna need it.
- rbanffy 14y ago
  It depends on what you are trying to do. If it's a complex model, Excel wins. If you are trying to get two people on different offices to work on the same spreadsheet, Google crushes Excel.
  - mandeepj 14y ago
    I am not sure why Office 365 cannot be used by two people on different offices to work on the same spreadsheet. Office 365 says We are the easiest way to work together. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/free-office365-trial-si.aspx?WT.srch=1&WT.mc_id=PS_google_Office+365_Entice_office%20365_Text http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/free-office365-tria...
    - thwarted 14y ago
      I'd love to demo Office 365's simultaneous edit functionality hidden somewhere behind that link to see how it compares to Google Docs, but after clicking through two links and seeing multiple pages that were trying to upsell me via "buy now" or "try for 90 days", I have to enter a whole bunch of identifying information to create a new account, and even choose a new, unique domain name. Want to see how Google docs works, which you don't even need to be signed in to google to view or edit? Then click this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AozKRH1Kuez_dGRXcDdrSk5EcjJDNHhYblRweW0xX3c https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AozKRH1Kuez_dGR...

pinaceae 14y ago

ever tried Google Spreadsheets vs. MS Excel? it's like drag racing a Yugo vs. a Porsche. the browser is such a shit environment to deal with large data sets.

meaty 14y ago
This times a million. If it's got more than a few sheets or few hundred rows then you will find out how much of a difference there is. That ain't much in the scale of things either.
crag 14y ago
No to mention, Office 365. Which, IMHO is very slick. Good luck Google. They're gonna need it.
rbanffy 14y ago
It depends on what you are trying to do. If it's a complex model, Excel wins. If you are trying to get two people on different offices to work on the same spreadsheet, Google crushes Excel.
- mandeepj 14y ago
  I am not sure why Office 365 cannot be used by two people on different offices to work on the same spreadsheet. Office 365 says We are the easiest way to work together. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/free-office365-trial-si.aspx?WT.srch=1&WT.mc_id=PS_google_Office+365_Entice_office%20365_Text http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/free-office365-tria...
  - thwarted 14y ago
    I'd love to demo Office 365's simultaneous edit functionality hidden somewhere behind that link to see how it compares to Google Docs, but after clicking through two links and seeing multiple pages that were trying to upsell me via "buy now" or "try for 90 days", I have to enter a whole bunch of identifying information to create a new account, and even choose a new, unique domain name. Want to see how Google docs works, which you don't even need to be signed in to google to view or edit? Then click this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AozKRH1Kuez_dGRXcDdrSk5EcjJDNHhYblRweW0xX3c https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AozKRH1Kuez_dGR...