nytimes.com— On office: ?Needless to say, we are going to do everything we can to remain the leader in this space,? he adds. ?And whoever comes our way, we?ll certainly be waiting for them.? --Microsoft
Dec 16, 2007View in Crawl 4
Good arguments on both sides but it's hard to argue with "free" and "not so hopelessly bloated that it takes twice as long to open Word now as it did on Win95." Microsoft's coding and software development practices are just awful but not as bad as their business practices.
"MS's response to Google Docs. The difference, MS only has a patent, Google has a working product."Now, you know that's not true. My Point is that MS fans can't point to Google's privacy policy without also looking at Microsoft's - which is working quite well throughout all their sites, their partner sites, etc... Let's not forget, also... that it was Google that fought the government when they wanted search data while Microsoft and Yahoo (and others) simply gave it all up without a fight.btw... The Patent is for a system to be integrated into their Operating System. I'd say this raises the stakes quite a bit (you should have read the article).
For me google apps is not a viable solution because all my data is available to google. There is Zero privacy and knowing google, they obviously scan every document for the sake of knowing your trend.
pherdnutDec 17, 2007
Good arguments on both sides but it's hard to argue with "free" and "not so hopelessly bloated that it takes twice as long to open Word now as it did on Win95." Microsoft's coding and software development practices are just awful but not as bad as their business practices.
rmd34Dec 17, 2007
"MS's response to Google Docs. The difference, MS only has a patent, Google has a working product."Now, you know that's not true. My Point is that MS fans can't point to Google's privacy policy without also looking at Microsoft's - which is working quite well throughout all their sites, their partner sites, etc... Let's not forget, also... that it was Google that fought the government when they wanted search data while Microsoft and Yahoo (and others) simply gave it all up without a fight.btw... The Patent is for a system to be integrated into their Operating System. I'd say this raises the stakes quite a bit (you should have read the article).
teacherofheroesDec 17, 2007
Don't they allow you to lease/buy in-house google servers to run google apps yourself?
Closed AccountDec 17, 2007
For me google apps is not a viable solution because all my data is available to google. There is Zero privacy and knowing google, they obviously scan every document for the sake of knowing your trend.
howardtoDec 21, 2007
Im sticking with my Exchange2007 service from 123Together. Its secure and I can call someone if i get in trouble.
howardtoDec 27, 2007
I need good technical support and will stick with hosted exchange. I need some one who I can call.