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The reason I have never tried Zoho is because I can't believe anyone could create that many awesome apps, which leads me to believe they are all mediocre and ju

by javery 17y ago

The reason I have never tried Zoho is because I can't believe anyone could create that many awesome apps, which leads me to believe they are all mediocre and just checking another box on the "how many apps can we build list". I don't know if this is true, but its the reason I still haven't spent the time to try them.

siong1987 17y ago
It is a 1000 people company. I believe that a 1000 people company can definitely create that many products.
- javery 17y ago
  Really? Microsoft has 90k people and has only managed to create a handful of good products (and that depends on your definition of good).
  - dasil003 17y ago
    When Microsoft released the killer version of Word in 1990 they only had 4000 employees (according to wolframalpha).
sahaj 17y ago
that's an interesting reason to not try something. i don't entirely understand the reasoning. did you also not try google when it launched because they didn't have as many employees as yahoo?
- javery 17y ago
  Its not the number of people that bothers me, it's the lack of focus. Google was very focused in the beginning.
qeorge 17y ago
Really interesting point. I feel the same way and didn't realize it. I've used Zoho's Sheet and Writer products, and both are excellent (they blow their Google Docs equivalents out of the water). But I've looked at their other apps, specifically CRM and Meeting, and dismissed both without a fair look in favor of competitors that focus specifically on those products.
adammichaelc 17y ago
I thought the same thing until I tried Zoho Docs & Zoho Project. Re Zoho Docs, Office is still better, but Zoho Docs does the doc and docx rendering much better than Google docs. When I have a doc or docx file with an image or 2 & some formatting google docs obliterates it, but zoho mostly plays nice. Overall, I really like Zoho docs. Re Zoho Projects, we have a small distributed team & really like zoho projects. Tried Basecamp & it felt sort-of clunky. I suppose it's a preference thing when it comes down to it. Re Zoho CRM, it sucks.... so 2 out of 3 of the apps I've tried are way above average, the other is just as good as free/open-source vTiger.

by javery 17y ago

siong1987 17y ago

It is a 1000 people company. I believe that a 1000 people company can definitely create that many products.

javery 17y ago
Really? Microsoft has 90k people and has only managed to create a handful of good products (and that depends on your definition of good).
- dasil003 17y ago
  When Microsoft released the killer version of Word in 1990 they only had 4000 employees (according to wolframalpha).

sahaj 17y ago

that's an interesting reason to not try something. i don't entirely understand the reasoning. did you also not try google when it launched because they didn't have as many employees as yahoo?

javery 17y ago
Its not the number of people that bothers me, it's the lack of focus. Google was very focused in the beginning.

qeorge 17y ago

Really interesting point. I feel the same way and didn't realize it. I've used Zoho's Sheet and Writer products, and both are excellent (they blow their Google Docs equivalents out of the water). But I've looked at their other apps, specifically CRM and Meeting, and dismissed both without a fair look in favor of competitors that focus specifically on those products.

adammichaelc 17y ago

I thought the same thing until I tried Zoho Docs & Zoho Project. Re Zoho Docs, Office is still better, but Zoho Docs does the doc and docx rendering much better than Google docs. When I have a doc or docx file with an image or 2 & some formatting google docs obliterates it, but zoho mostly plays nice. Overall, I really like Zoho docs. Re Zoho Projects, we have a small distributed team & really like zoho projects. Tried Basecamp & it felt sort-of clunky. I suppose it's a preference thing when it comes down to it. Re Zoho CRM, it sucks.... so 2 out of 3 of the apps I've tried are way above average, the other is just as good as free/open-source vTiger.