Linked by David Adams on Thu 17th Jul 2008 00:00 UTC, submitted by snydeq
InfoWorld's Curtis Franklin reviews the four leading contenders to supplant Microsoft Office in business and finds that, while Google Docs is not ready to take on the full mantle, OpenOffice and Zoho provide viable alternatives should IT endeavor to wean business off Office.
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Member since:2007-03-04
What's the benefit from switching from MS lock-in to Google lock-in? Moreover, MS is going to support ODT so no more vendor lock-in. But in the first place, why changing something that works great and that serves its purpose? The price tag is a little expensive, but spread out on a 5-year life-span, the investment is low for a company, compared to other expenses and to what the company earns. There's nothing to win with small savings like that, especially for a business where a file must be readable consistently by all business partners with no tweaks and where people are not supposed to be computer savvy.
Member since:2005-07-06
The second article is bluntly about switching yet also fails to realize that certain productivity tasks are better served by other products than MS Office.
I would guess that that wasn't mentioned because it's not relevant to the point of the article or its intended audience.
The author is not only locked into his productivity suite, but also in his mindspace. Sad.
Or maybe he's professional enough to not indulge in editorializing in a review.
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2006-10-11
Both articles basically (and probably unwittingly) deal with vendor lock-in. The review article doesn't focus on the merits of the test piece but how they compare to MS Office. The second article is bluntly about switching yet also fails to realize that certain productivity tasks are better served by other products than MS Office. The author is not only locked into his productivity suite, but also in his mindspace. Sad.