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- Microsoft 'Albany': A 'ValueBox' to compete with Google Docs
- Microsoft 'Albany': A 'ValueBox' to compete with Google DocsTo compete with Google, it needs to be free, and at most an easy download.Consumers will be getting used to free Office Suites that do everything they need.RE: Microsoft 'Albany': A 'ValueBox' to compete with Google DocsOne major limitation of Office Home...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, office suite, GoogleDocs, Google Inc., Google Docs, ValueBox, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-26
- 'Albany': New Microsoft 'home office' in the works?
- 'Albany': New Microsoft 'home office' in the works?Wow? Free Office??*Cough*Open Office*Cough*RE: 'Albany': New Microsoft 'home office' in the works?Cost-conscious consumers need a fully office-file-compatible product which includes simplified versions of Word, Excel, and Outlook. A $49-$99 price-point for such a tool would keep most budget-constrained consumers away from OpenOffice...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), OpenOffice, Word processors, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Vista, New Microsoft, home office
- Discussion threads 2008-03-21
- Web-based applications perfect for most educators
- Web-based applications perfect for most educatorsZoho better than GoogleDocshttp://www.zoho.com/ is free and better than GoogleDocs.RE: Web-based applications perfect for most educatorsMy school has been using Moodle, a fabulous course management system, for 2 full years. Although true collaboration is still sometime off (think locally-hosted Google Apps integrated with Moodle) the...
- Tags: Web technology, Groupware, educator, web-based application, GoogleDocs, Moodle
- Discussion threads 2007-10-01
- googledocs: Another Microsoft NetDocs in the making?
- GoogleDocs: Another Microsoft NetDocs in the making?Wait and SeeBoth the cost of Office 12 (2007 Office) and the new user interface will cause some experimentation for existing users. Purchasers of new machines are very likely to look for Office 12 alternatives. If these people try office applications as web services,...
- Tags: OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., GoogleDocs, NetDocs
- Discussion threads 2006-10-11
- Office 2.0: googledocs in the works
- Mary Jo Foley posts on Steve Bryants report that tomorrow at the Office 2.0 conference, Google will unveil its GoogleDocs project, which merges Writely and Google Spreadsheets into a unified collaboration suite. Let the games begin. Its not just Google now GooTube. Zoho, Think Free, JotSpot and other companies are...
- Tags: Google Inc., Office 2.0, GoogleDocs
- Blog posts 2006-10-10
- googledocs: Another Microsoft NetDocs in the making?
- On October 11, Google is going to take yet another run at providing hosted applications online in a form that users might find interesting, according to my blogging buddy Steve Bryant. The so-called "GoogleDocs" project will be unveiled at the Office 2.0 conference, Bryant ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-10-10
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- EXCLUSIVE: CODA2go on force.com
- Today in an exclusive preview, I saw CODA2go's first iteration. CODA2go is accounting software developer CODA's first foray at an on-demand accounting application service built on the force.com platform. CODA claims it is the largest development of its type on force.com. According to...
- Tags: Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- Salesforce.com and Google opens more cans of worms
- The world and his dog seem in rapture about the announcement that Google and Salesforce.com have tied the application knot and that they've both effectively become channel partners. Phil Wainewright has the most detailed analysis: Salesforce.com has more than 41,000 customers, including a growing number of large enterprises. It's...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Google Apps, Worm, Phil, Sales Force Management, Marketing Research, Sales, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-04-14
- Google and Salesforce.com: does it make sense?
- I've spent some time the last couple of days trying to ferret out whether the rumored hook up between Salesforce.com and Google for its applications is hype or real. I'm no closer to knowing than anyone else. I did speak with Mike Arrington on this who claims to have a...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., CODA, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-04-10
- It's good news, bad news: Microsoft gets its Internet act together
- It's good news, bad news: Microsoft gets its Internet act togetherThey had no choice...Back when Vista was Longhorn, the Microsoft hope was that fat client applications would use Internet protocols to deliver content to the desktop. The problem was that nobody was creating fat client applications anymore. By the time...
- Tags: AJAX, Quality, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Ingenuity, Microsoft Corp., Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-03-06
- People demand their public feeds back from Google
- People demand their public feeds back from GooglePeople demand their public feeds back from GoogleLOL just had to laugh at that pic.RE: People demand their public feeds back from GoogleI don't see the problem here. Of course, I have no friends, but then again, I have no enemies either so...
- Tags: Google Inc., Shared
- Discussion threads 2007-12-26
- Hey, Chris...Where can I get a copy of Office?
- Hey, Chris...Where can I get a copy of Office?Ah, but that's why Microsoft turns a blind eye to people downloading MS OffAh, but that's why Microsoft turns a blind eye to people downloading MS Office in Asia. They know people would rather use MS Office and better have them...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice, blind eye, pricing strategy
- Discussion threads 2007-10-17
- Here's my idea for Google Phone GUI: opening screen with these six function boxes
- There's lots of talk about an impending Google Phone. One meme says it is coming within a month. As someone who has used - and written about- smartphones for several years, I think I have a good idea of how a Google Phone GUI ought to be...
- Blog posts 2007-09-25
- By 2010, will Windows 'Seven' (or any desktop OS) really matter?
- By 2010, will Windows 'Seven' or any desktop OS really matter?it's 2007 and it doesn't really matter...whatever desktop OS. I guess that's why I keep hearing, "there's no new killer app to upgrade to. so I'll stay with xp, os x, etc. that I use now."what gets me lately is,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Desktops, Google Inc., PC, Acer Inc., operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, desktop OS, desktop
- Discussion threads 2007-07-23
- Google purchases conferencing software from start-up
- Google purchases conferencing software from start-upGoogle purchases conferencing software from start-upAnd now Google will have all the inside info on your private and very sensitive meetings. Would you want Google spying on your company's business? I wouldn't.hmmmmmDo we have issues?Yeah, Google and their spyingI could totally imagine Larry Page...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, Google Inc., Google Purchases
- Discussion threads 2007-04-20
- What makes Second Life eerily powerful is the zero-distance between thinkers and technology
- What makes Second Life eerily powerful is the zero-distance between thinkers and technologyPutting Up LayersI've found the idea of proximity and acceleration in this fashion to be intriguing, too. We've been able to rub pixelated elbows with Thomas Barnett, Lawrence Lessig, Judge Richard Posner and other leading lights in SL,...
- Tags: Second Life, Famous People
- Discussion threads 2006-12-15
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