tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15346558.post751327633849090915..comments2023-10-20T01:31:06.725-07:00Comments on Mac's Thoughts: First document in Google DocsMac Nolandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07086101163818736928noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15346558.post-33995933307512355482008-06-25T11:25:00.000-07:002008-06-25T11:25:00.000-07:00I agree with Bosshart, Google will eat MS's lunch ...I agree with Bosshart, Google will eat MS's lunch in the Office product world.<BR/><BR/>If I was starting a company today, which I'm not by the way, I'd take a good long look at Google Docs.Mac Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086101163818736928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15346558.post-52041298002260813142008-06-20T06:55:00.000-07:002008-06-20T06:55:00.000-07:00Sorry, I forgot about this.My sister works for Ver...Sorry, I forgot about this.<BR/><BR/>My sister works for Versata (http://www.versata.com/), she is the head, and sole member of, their Marketing/PR department. ITs a cool company, check it:<BR/>- they took all their employees and their families to Disney World this year for their company retreat. <BR/>- they have a kitchen stocked weekly with food (organic if your into that sort of thing) and beer, free.<BR/>- she works from home 50% of the time.<BR/><BR/>Down side is that they work your ass off.<BR/><BR/>Good point Scooter, she uses their google solution for her work but my guess is that that their Project Managers can't use it. Although the casual user may not be a MS Office target market anymore, but its not because MS gave them up, its because MS was complacent in what it thought was an impenetrable market and then Google came along and ate their lunch. I think google is well positioned to continue to erode the MS Office market and have a good shot at the corporate market too.bossharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564425341708248133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15346558.post-68529687354463930232008-06-17T08:13:00.000-07:002008-06-17T08:13:00.000-07:00Do google docs integrate with some sort of process...Do google docs integrate with some sort of process/workflow/approval system as well? I don't think the value behind Office 2007 is in the basic functionality any more - that is becoming standardized. I think the value proposition is in the integration capabilities (project, sharepoint, etc). Those might be superceded somewhere down the road as well, and they don't apply to the casual user - but I don't think the casual user is MS's market anymore except in as much as those casual users use Office at home because they use it at work.Scooterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07264667176243327560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15346558.post-33997333194040167612008-06-16T08:07:00.000-07:002008-06-16T08:07:00.000-07:00Cool! What's the company name?Do you use Google D...Cool! What's the company name?<BR/><BR/>Do you use Google Docs? What are your thoughts on the "offline" feature? Does that work well?Mac Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086101163818736928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15346558.post-69253306938410499302008-06-14T19:08:00.000-07:002008-06-14T19:08:00.000-07:00Good post. My sister works in Marketing/PR for a s...Good post. My sister works in Marketing/PR for a software outfit in Austin, TX. They have a branded google solution for email, calendars, documents, and presentations. Its pretty sweet. Yes, MS is in deep shit.bossharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564425341708248133noreply@blogger.com