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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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      @Dashrender said:

      LOL a public beta, as long as you sign NDA - that's just funny!

      I agree, a bit odd.

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      • Minion QueenM
        Minion Queen Banned
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        Makes me wonder what's wrong with it or what are they doing to it that's going to piss me off?

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller
          last edited by

          I'm looking forward to 2016. I'm expecting a smoother web-like experience and more cloud integration.

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          • nadnerBN
            nadnerB
            last edited by nadnerB

            I wonder if it has anything to do with this: http://www.businessinsider.com.au/google-plan-to-beat-microsoft-office-2015-2

            *Ten years ago, Google declared war on Microsoft Office by offering a cheap alternative on the web, Google Apps.

            Flash forward to 2015, and the company has big plans to grab 80% of the users at Microsoft’s biggest customers.*

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            • Reid CooperR
              Reid Cooper
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              If LibreOffice doesn't steal them, I wonder what will make Google Apps do it.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller
                last edited by

                I'm seeing some adoption of Google Apps, but I am seeing more adoption of MS Office as well. Not sure that I see people shifting all that much as I see just lots of both.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller
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                  I am actually working for my first Google Apps company now. It's a bit different.

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                  • nadnerBN
                    nadnerB @scottalanmiller
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                    @scottalanmiller said:

                    I am actually working for my first Google Apps company now. It's a bit different.

                    What's that like?

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
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                      It is not actually too bad. I really like that it forces you to use URLs rather than emailing files to each other. It enforces some good practices. Not that MS Office isn't getting good, now, at pressuring you to do that too but Google practically demands it. I don't find Google Apps as intuitive or as friendly as MS Office or LibreOffice but I do very little with them and they work just fine.

                      Mostly it is just about getting used to a new tool. I can't imagine that they is anything important for which Google Apps will not work just fine. And I can totally see the value in selecting this for a new company that does not have an existing MS Office ecosystem to deal with. Having all documents be hosted and edited completely online in a wholly transparent and fully integrated way is really handy. The whole idea of needing storage for documents just vanishes. Mapped drives? Who needs those!

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                      • DashrenderD
                        Dashrender
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                        O365 can give you the same or nearly the same experience with the online office apps.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                          @Dashrender said:

                          O365 can give you the same or nearly the same experience with the online office apps.

                          Yes, and a pretty awesome experience with their on-premise apps with sync via SharePoint. I actually like the Microsoft ecosystem around their Office products better still. Google Apps isn't bad at all, but MS has really taken the lead on this I think. I generally prefer, quite heavily, to use locally installed MS Office but hooked up to Sharepoint so that we get all that online file hosting and shared file access stuff. That stuff rocks but it responds like you are purely local.

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                          • IRJI
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                            IMO Google Docs is not a replacement for MS Office. It works fine in small companies that share docs internally or with other small companies. If you are a larger company and/or you work with larger vendors you are really going to want MS Office.

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                            • Reid CooperR
                              Reid Cooper
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                              Google Docs can expert as MS Office files though, right? Wouldn't that normally work just fine? And can't you send to people directly from Google Apps so that they can work on things completely within Google Apps too?

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                              • DashrenderD
                                Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                                @scottalanmiller said:

                                @Dashrender said:

                                O365 can give you the same or nearly the same experience with the online office apps.

                                Yes, and a pretty awesome experience with their on-premise apps with sync via SharePoint. I actually like the Microsoft ecosystem around their Office products better still. Google Apps isn't bad at all, but MS has really taken the lead on this I think. I generally prefer, quite heavily, to use locally installed MS Office but hooked up to Sharepoint so that we get all that online file hosting and shared file access stuff. That stuff rocks but it responds like you are purely local.

                                Is this with ODfB? I'm assuming this is only the case on things you have synced?

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                                • DashrenderD
                                  Dashrender @Reid Cooper
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                                  @Reid-Cooper said:

                                  Google Docs can expert as MS Office files though, right? Wouldn't that normally work just fine? And can't you send to people directly from Google Apps so that they can work on things completely within Google Apps too?

                                  Sure but you have to have a Google account.

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                                  • IRJI
                                    IRJ @Reid Cooper
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                                    @Reid-Cooper said:

                                    Google Docs can expert as MS Office files though, right? Wouldn't that normally work just fine? And can't you send to people directly from Google Apps so that they can work on things completely within Google Apps too?

                                    More times than not, yeah definitely they can be used interchangeably. You will run into documents that wont display correctly, though.

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                                    • IRJI
                                      IRJ @Dashrender
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                                      @Dashrender said:

                                      @Reid-Cooper said:

                                      Google Docs can expert as MS Office files though, right? Wouldn't that normally work just fine? And can't you send to people directly from Google Apps so that they can work on things completely within Google Apps too?

                                      Sure but you have to have a Google account.

                                      right and the business world still uses microsoft office as the go to office suite

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                                      • Reid CooperR
                                        Reid Cooper @Dashrender
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                                        @Dashrender said:

                                        @Reid-Cooper said:

                                        Google Docs can expert as MS Office files though, right? Wouldn't that normally work just fine? And can't you send to people directly from Google Apps so that they can work on things completely within Google Apps too?

                                        Sure but you have to have a Google account.

                                        Don't more people have those than have MS Office?

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                                        • Reid CooperR
                                          Reid Cooper @IRJ
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                                          @IRJ said:

                                          right and the business world still uses microsoft office as the go to office suite

                                          Is this still true? MS Office is still top, for sure. But the rate at which shops are not using it anymore seems to be increasing. There are many companies these days that don't have it, even big ones. Using it as the default interchange format is rapidly going away. It's still dominant, but is it dominant enough to say that the business world simply "uses it" anymore? I'm not sure.

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                                          • DashrenderD
                                            Dashrender @Reid Cooper
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                                            @Reid-Cooper said:

                                            @Dashrender said:

                                            @Reid-Cooper said:

                                            Google Docs can expert as MS Office files though, right? Wouldn't that normally work just fine? And can't you send to people directly from Google Apps so that they can work on things completely within Google Apps too?

                                            Sure but you have to have a Google account.

                                            Don't more people have those than have MS Office?

                                            Good question, I have no idea. Maybe in their home world, but after they leave school. how many of those people use any of it..

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