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Not going to happen. Not now or ever. Why? * trust. People don't trust google with their data after a few major fuckups. The same goes for all cloud providers.

by meaty 14y ago

Not going to happen. Not now or ever. Why? * trust. People don't trust google with their data after a few major fuckups. The same goes for all cloud providers. * hard to control information flow. * absolutely worthless support * features are not comparable. * cost aggregated over 5 years is more. People use office licenses forever - literally 10+ years. * legal and regulatory issues. * PATRIOT act which at least for us European customers throws the safe harbour scheme out of the window. * Training and fungibility. People are used to mashing word and excel and those people are easily replaceable. * Availability. Businesses require better availability than your average internet connection but don't want to pay for a better one. I can't see any reasons to actually use it other than a short term cheap out and the false pretense of lowering support costs.

eitally 14y ago
Even if you were correct in all your points, the increase in collaboration it facilitates is a big enough win to, at minimum, make Google Apps a worthwhile compliment to MS Office. I'm not sure whether you have direct experience with Google Apps in a large enterprise but your points read as if you don't; I'll withhold my comments until/unless you clarify.
- brudgers 14y ago
  By withholding comments which support your claims and instead baselessly accusing the commenter of a lack of experience, your comment detracts from rather than adds to the discussion.
- meaty 14y ago
  Which collaboration features are missing? Don't forget to explain alternatives to lync, SharePoint and SkyDrive and the venerable exchange as well... For ref, I did the full technical evaluation for google apps for two companies 200+ employees and came up with the answer above.
achille 14y ago
Don't forget: No ability to transfer ownership to other companies. Google docs can only be transferred within a company. Documents can be shared with accounts on other companies, but the ownership stays with the creator. Ie: I can't create a spreadsheet and send it to my downstream vendor, unless I share it -- which means I can see any changes the vendor makes.

by meaty 14y ago

eitally 14y ago

Even if you were correct in all your points, the increase in collaboration it facilitates is a big enough win to, at minimum, make Google Apps a worthwhile compliment to MS Office. I'm not sure whether you have direct experience with Google Apps in a large enterprise but your points read as if you don't; I'll withhold my comments until/unless you clarify.

brudgers 14y ago
By withholding comments which support your claims and instead baselessly accusing the commenter of a lack of experience, your comment detracts from rather than adds to the discussion.
meaty 14y ago
Which collaboration features are missing? Don't forget to explain alternatives to lync, SharePoint and SkyDrive and the venerable exchange as well... For ref, I did the full technical evaluation for google apps for two companies 200+ employees and came up with the answer above.

achille 14y ago

Don't forget: No ability to transfer ownership to other companies. Google docs can only be transferred within a company. Documents can be shared with accounts on other companies, but the ownership stays with the creator. Ie: I can't create a spreadsheet and send it to my downstream vendor, unless I share it -- which means I can see any changes the vendor makes.