On Feb 5, 1:18 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Online Office Applications: Zoho vs. Google vs. Microsoft Office Live
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> | It's not a real fair comparison to pit Zoho and Google Docs against Microsoft
> | Live Workspace. Office is used to edit documents in Live Workspace and Google
> | Docs and Zoho, particularly with their free online Office services, are not
> | as feature-rich as Office. However, Google Docs certainly holds its own as a
> | good full-blown productivity suite. Zoho has a lot of potential and will
> | certainly serve the purpose, but Google Docs has the edge in features.
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> http://www.crn.com/software/213001020
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> Recent:
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> MS doesn't set world alight with Office Live Workspace
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> | Microsoft claimed yesterday that one million subscribers have now signed up
> | to the beta release of Office Live Workspace.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | And the timing of the firm’s announcement that it has scored what it sees as
> | a tasty “customer sign-up milestone” could just be Microsoft’s attempt to
> | deflect some attention from shhhh, don’t say it, CHROME, which will be
> | integrated with Google's Gears.
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> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/04/office_live_workspace_million...
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> Google Apps tops 1 million businesses
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> | Almost all of the company's revenue comes from its search engine, which last
> | quarter accounted for more than $5 billion. New initiatives, such as the
> | Chrome browser, Google Gears, and Google Friend Connect, are focused on
> | building a mostly open-source Internet operating system out of Google
> | technology in order to funnel more user data and targeted advertising
> | opportunities into the Googleplex financial engine.
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> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13953_3-10029861-80.html?part=rss&subj=news...
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> Google Scoops Microsoft: Delivers Mesh First
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> | I've been head deep into taking apart Ray Ozzie's Mesh vision for Microsoft,
> | putting thoughts to the implications of applications which can live on the
> | desktop (installed or virtual apps), streamed, or live entirely in the cloud.
> | The competitor for Mesh is obviously Google. Today Google takes a page right
> | out of the Ozzie Mesh vision and announces offline access for Google Apps,
> | what I call Google Docs "unplugged". Users will now be able to view and edit
> | Google Docs word docs, and soon, Google Docs spreadsheets while unplugged
> | from the net.
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> http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/26515
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> Google mounts fresh assault on Microsoft Word
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> | The new offline capability of Google's word processor brings it into direct
> | competition with Microsoft Word
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> http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3660...
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> Google Docs Neutralizes Microsoft Office With Offline Access
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> | Google Docs' new offline access feature neutralizes a big advantage of
> | Microsoft's Office old school desktop centric productivity suite, according
> | to solution providers.
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> | By taking a page out of the Microsoft playbook and offering offline acess,
> | Google has in one fell swoop opened the door for Google Docs to be embraced
> | by a new group of office productivity workers, said Tyler Dikman, the CEO of
> | Cooltronics, a Tampa, Fla. solution provider.
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> http://www.crn.com/software/207001111
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> Related:
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> Google brings offline access to Docs and Apps
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> | Gears is currently supported in Internet Explorer 6 and above and Firefox 1.5
> | and above for Windows XP and Vista, according to Google. Firefox 1.5 and
> | above is also supported on Mac OS X 10.2 and above and Linux.
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> http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=211699424&rid=-50
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> Google hopes Apps will help against Microsoft
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> | "A lot of the market has been lulled into thinking that Microsoft was the
> | only product for most anything," Girouard said. "In reality, I think our
> | products make a lot more sense, especially when you're working in a team
> | environment."
> |
> | [...]
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> | Genentech, Cardinal Health and Proctor & Gamble are among the large companies
> | testing the service.
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> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/29/BUNVVK3BR...
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> CIA enlists Google's help for spy work
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> | US intelligence agencies are using Google's technology to help its agents
> | share information about their suspects
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> http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3652...
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> Microsoft caves, in part, to online computing
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> | So it is with great pleasure that the following observation...
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> | "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you
> | win," attributed to Mahatma Gandi is also true about high tech vendors and
> | how they react to upstart competition.
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> http://weblog.infoworld.com/realitycheck/archives/2008/03/microsoft_c...
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> Google manager: Google Apps replaced Microsoft Office at 100,000 businesses
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> | 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.
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> http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/9889/53/
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> Dumping Office for Google Apps
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> | Google has a friend in Disney, and that could leave Microsoft screaming
> | like a jilted lover.
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> http://videos.webpronews.com/2007/02/07/dumping-office-for-google-apps/
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> FAA May Ditch Microsoft's Windows Vista And Office For Google And Linux Combo
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> | Bowen said he's in talks with the aviation safety agency's main
> | hardware supplier, Dell Computer, to determine if it could
> | deliver Linux-based computers capable of accessing Google
> | Apps through a non-Microsoft browser once the FAA's XP-based
> | computers pass their shelf life.
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> http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=19780...
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> Can Google and Linux Topple Microsoft?
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> | The story had a certain flair. In early March, the chief information
> | officer of the Federal Aviation Administration, David Bowen, was
> | reportedly considering forsaking Microsoft Windows and Office in
> | favor of the Linux operating system and the Web-based Google Apps
> | Premium office suite.
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> http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/57534.html
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> Microsoft's Last Big Beat: Internet Domination or Death
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> | What can $44.6B USD mean? Well, for Microsoft (MSFT) it may mean the cost of
> | survival.
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> http://seekingalpha.com/article/63876-microsoft-s-last-big-beat-inter...
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> Apps vs. Office: Google Ups the Ante
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> | So apparently do some 100,000 small businesses and organizations that use
> | Google's productivity and communications software. Even larger corporations,
> | such as General Electric and Procter & Gamble , are becoming adherents.
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> http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2007/tc20070716_231...
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> Three Minutes With Google's Apps Manager
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> | This move, which puts it in direct competition with software
> | heavyweights like Microsoft, builds on Google's first steps as
> | an enterprise vendor years ago when it launched its firs
> | enterprise search product.
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> http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070526/tc_pcworld/132241
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> Google Apps Catches Flak
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> | Microsoft is launching an anti-Google propaganda campaign.
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> http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2007/09/11/google-apps-catches-flak/?mod...
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> Microsoft Retaliates With 10 Reasons Not To Use Google Apps
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> | This, of course, brought Google even closer to rivaling Microsoft's Office
> | suite, which has now spurred a reaction from the Redmond software giant.
> |
> | No, its not new software or updates for the popular productivity suite, but
> | rather Microsoft's own reasoning on why businesses should NOT use Google
> | Apps.
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> http://www.profy.com/2007/09/11/microsoft-retaliates-with-10-reasons-...
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> Will Google Loosen Microsoft's Grip on Large Enterprise?
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> | It’s got to be frustrating to sit in Redmond today and watch the world go by
> | without having much of a grip on it anymore.
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> http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070910/46884_id.html?.v=1
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> Out of the office
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> | Nobody's better at defending its turf than Microsoft of course, so this will
> | not be a quick or easy war.
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> http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/commentary-watch-out-microsoft-...http://tinyurl.com/2lxuct
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I have some friends who are using Google Docs for a collaborative
project, and they like it very much.
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