From: "Robert Comer" 

It's certainly a problem...

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Bob Comer


"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
news:45e196bc$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> The reviews I've seen said Google Apps does not run offline. If you ask me
> that's a killer
>
> http://www.playfuls.com/news_06331_Google_Apps_Premier_Edition_Another_Way_to
_Get_Things_Done.html
>
> Obviously, as is the case with any software, Google Apps Premier Edition
> is not perfect and there still are many downsides to it. Which would then
> be Google Apps' disadvantages, noted by its critics?
>
> 1. The lack of an alternative to Microsoft's PowerPoint application, a
> software much used and appreciated in the business environment.
> 2. The dependence on an Internet connection can also be a vulnerability,
> because today not anywhere on the globe you can find a reliable and stable
> connection. Google Apps does not run offline, which raises many problems
> for people who don't have an always on Internet connection.
>
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:45e18f6b$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> There's no way to run Google apps offline?
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer
>>
>>
>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>> news:45e18e77$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>
>>> "Adam"
<""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near the
bridge"> wrote
>>> in message news:45e0952c$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> Rich Gauszka wrote:
>>>>> It's much more than one buried article. just a few of
a google of em
>>>>> below.
>>>>> I really wonder how much of the SMB market they'll
acquire and how
>>>>> much that
>>>>> market really requires the shared/collaboration feature ( it may
>>>>> appeal to
>>>>> educational markets though). I'd  also say the real
competition here
>>>>> for SMB
>>>>> is not Office but OpenOffice for any small business
seeking to reduce
>>>>> cost.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If only you could deliver openoffice over the net &
have it use either
>>>> local file or URL as a file source/sink.
>>>>
>>>> Adam
>>>
>>> yep
>>>
>>> http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/9915/1085/
>>> If Google Apps was integrated into a desktop suite such as OpenOffice -
>>> so you could edit files on your desktop but know the latest version was
>>> stored online if you needed to access it on the road - then Microsoft
>>> would really have something to worry about. Google is rumoured to be
>>> considering buying ThinkFree, one of the most tightly integrated
>>> Office-like online suites. ThinkFree also offers a desktop-based Java
>>> version and a premium service is under development that synchronises
>>> documents in the desktop and online versions. Acquiring ThinkFree now
>>> looks less likely, but with Google you just never know.
>>>
>>> Sure it goes against the whole Web 2.0 philosophy, but until Google Apps
>>> incorporates an offline option then it's only preaching to the
>>> converted. It's going to struggle to win converts amongst old school
>>> Microsoft desktop users who still don't have reliable enough internet
>>> access to trust their documents to Google Apps.
>>>
>>> Microsoft Office is Microsoft's cash cow, so Google Apps has the
>>> potential to really hit Redmond where it hurts. Making Google Apps
>>> documents available offline could finally create a true
"Office killer".
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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