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I see many mid-size and larger companies deploying O365. They do it because it's familiar to their IT, it fits in with their existing policy systems, and it wor

I see many mid-size and larger companies deploying O365. They do it because it's familiar to their IT, it fits in with their existing policy systems, and it works well with their existing MS Office workflows (office web apps, and sharepoint in the cloud). In some cases, I know Google tried to win their business too. Try google search autocompletion of "google apps vs" and the first result is office 365. Whether O365 can "win" is another question, but it's definitely a credible competitor. (Not to be an MS apologist -- we've tried Azure and had to hightail back to EC2, they screw up many other things, but O365 fits a purpose for many companies well)

jlgreco 13y ago
> Try google search autocompletion of "google apps vs" and the first result is office 365. "electric refrigerator vs." will get you autocompletes about propane refrigerators. This shouldn't be taken as evidence that propane refrigerators are taking off... propane refrigerators are merely the only sensible thing that could be compared to electric refrigerators. They are the only competitor of note, as uncommon as they are. Or to put it more directly, what could "google apps vs" possibly autocomplete to other than Office 365 stuff? It is the only logical autocomplete.