__/ [ Erik Funkenbusch ] on Tuesday 01 May 2007 21:25 \__
> On Tue, 01 May 2007 12:56:16 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> __/ [ Erik Funkenbusch ] on Tuesday 01 May 2007 12:40 \__
>>
>>> On Tue, 01 May 2007 12:22:17 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Of course, this spells doom for Microsoft, which very much struggles in
>>>> getting its services to work and attract people. Last week, Microsoft
>>>> said that there was very little demand for Office Live. Meanwhile,
>>>> Google claims 100,000+ businesses migrated from Microsoft Office to its
>>>> own offering.
>>>
>>> No, Roy. Google does *NOT* claim that 100,000+ business have migrated
>>> from
>>> Microsoft Office to it's own offerings. Here's what Google says:
>>>
>>> http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/google_apps.html
>>>
>>> "Google Apps?, launched as a free service in August 2006, is a suite of
>>> applications that includes Gmail? webmail services, Google Calendar?
>>> shared calendaring, Google Talk? instant messaging and voice-over-IP, and
>>> the Start Page feature for creating a customizable home page on a
>>> specific domain. More than 100,000 small businesses and hundreds of
>>> universities now use the service."
>>>
>>> In other words, more than 100,000 people claiming to represent small
>>> businesses have signed up for some kind of google app, which might simply
>>> be a customized home page. It does *NOT* say anyone migrated from
>>> Microsoft Office.
>>>
>>> So please stop lying about what google is claiming. And stop
>>> "interpreting" things, you suck at it.
>>
>> Weasel boy... Quit the slander in the subject line, okay? Here you go.
>>
>> Google manager: Google Apps replaced Microsoft Office at 100,000
>> businesses
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Google's newly released online productivity suite Google Apps has
>>| already replaced Microsoft Office at more than 100,000 small to
>>| medium enterprises and has been deployed at two of the largest
>>| companies in the world, according to the search leader's
>>| enterprise product boss.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/9889/53/
>
> Geez, It appears that googles spokesperson is lying through his teeth. For
> example:
>
> "Gough says: "It happens that most people are choosing to work in an online
> environment, a collaborative environment, an environment that has a user
> interface that they know, with a familiar interface with search in the
> center. They are choosing to use Google Apps because they?ve seen how easy
> to use they are and how productive they can be at home. So they?re saying
> why can?t they bring Google into the workplace and have those same benefits
> and usability."
>
> I'm sorry, but "most" people don't even *HAVE* an internet connection of
> any kind. The article even says that 48% of employees don't even have
> email addresses.
>
> Also, nowhere else does anyone even remotely connected to google suggest
> anything like this. Googles own official press release doesn't say it. I
> think Mr Gough is talking out of his ass.
Call a Google Manager a liar, not me.
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