http://www.osnews.com/story/15647/Google_Releasing_Package_for_the_Office Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:51:29 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://osnews.com/thread?156581 http://osnews.com/thread?156581 So, they are going to let people sign up for gmail again then? As it stands currently one has to know someone with a gmail account and get invited, in order to get a gmail account. In order to offer it they will need to open it up. Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:31:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (DrillSgt) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?156584 http://osnews.com/thread?156584 There are only two problems I can see with this Apps for your domain package. One, why do they include the Page Creator? Only one, maybe two people will be doing the website. Two, wiill their Google Talk allow me to add certain people to my list but not everyone but still have a directory look up like in Sametime?

Just read this tastey little nugget of information which pretty much answered my questions.

After your domain is approved, you'll be able to access the Google Apps for Your Domain control panel. First you'll tell us which users should have accounts with your domain (you can add, remove, suspend or delete users at any time). Next you'll decide which services you'd like to activate (you can pick any combination of the services listed on the right, and add or remove any of them at any time). After you choose your services, we'll help you activate them, which usually involves adjusting some of your domain settings.Edited 2006-08-28 18:45 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:40:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (TaterSalad) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?156591 http://osnews.com/thread?156591 If you have a mobile phone you can go here:

https://www.google.com/accounts/SmsMailSignup1

and sign up. A little while afterwards, you'll get a text message with the code to get a GMail account.

This was the method I used to get an invite, since the forum I go to was already spammed so badly the mods banned talking about it. Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:02:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ThanhLy) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?156602 http://osnews.com/thread?156602 I have 100 invites left, so the first 100 people who send me a mail or ask here will receive a invite from me.

my google email is my user name here @gmail.com
just use "invitation request" as the subject.

Tom Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:32:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (twickline) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?156607 http://osnews.com/thread?156607 Wonder how long it will be before they bundle writely and spreadsheets in with there up and coming office productivity suite? I wonder why they haven't bought or started there own presentation app.

AJAX Word:http://www.writely.com/
AJAX Excel:http://spreadsheets.google.com/
AJAX PowerPoint:http://zohoshow.com/login.sas

Who's going to need MS Office five years from now when AJAX matures? Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:46:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (twickline) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?156614 http://osnews.com/thread?156614 The people with the severed internet connection. It happened to Salesforce, it could happen to anyone. Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:13:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (TaterSalad) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?156645 http://osnews.com/thread?156645 I also have a zillion available. sbenitezb@gmail.com Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:48:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sbenitezb) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?156648 http://osnews.com/thread?156648 Who's going to need MS Office five years from now when AJAX matures?

AJAX needs an internet connection always available. The truth is not all applications you need for work are available on internet, so some of them are in your desktop PC and a couple live on internet.

If your internet connection goes down, as it happened to me --guess when-- just when I needed it, you cannot access your information. You couldn't go to an internet cafe because of your dependency on desktop applications you are using, so basically you are screwed until your internet connection works again.

The other problem is you are giving access to all your data to a company god allmighty (not really) knows what is going to do with it in the future. Businesses won't trust a data search/indexing company to store their documents safe for them.

In case you are not in a business and want to use these fabulous AJAX applications to make your life better, go ahead. But tell me how are they better than a fast and featurefull desktop application. If the problem is network storage, that is easily solvable with a webdav layer and you own host/domain provider. Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:59:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sbenitezb) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?156660 http://osnews.com/thread?156660 People living in parts of the world where Internet access is sporadic, or people that use a 10 year old computer to type a letter or 2 a month without needing to have an internet account (such as my Grandma) perhaps? Or else people who are concerned about privacy and don't want to store their documents on an internet server. Or someone who is under an NDA that prohibits them from storing documents on other companies' servers. I could go on and on here.... Desktop Applications will be around for a long time. Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:23:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (rm6990) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?156767 http://osnews.com/thread?156767 this is the best way to start getting SPAM. Spam bots get emails like yours. Don't post the email on forums. Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:27:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kwanbis) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?156771 http://osnews.com/thread?156771 this is the best way to start getting SPAM. Spam bots get emails like yours. Don't post the email on forums.

This is the best way to train my bogofilter

I also receive a lot of SPAM, so I'm not starting to get it, but to receive a little more. Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:22:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sbenitezb) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?156780 http://osnews.com/thread?156780 Here is a nice article from RedHerring:
http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=18053&hed=17+MS+Office...

Title, 17 MS Office Killers Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (twickline) Comments