From: "Robert Comer" 

There's no way to run Google apps offline?

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Bob Comer


"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
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> "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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