Comments on: Open Season On Microsoft Office

By: Microsoft Office Is Coming To the Cloud - GigaOM

Microsoft Office Is Coming To the Cloud - GigaOM — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:09:04 +0000

[...] denied that its browser-based Office suite is a response to other online productivity software like Google Docs, which has a relatively small market share. But the advance announcement suggests the company wants [...]

By: Free For All… Office Sweepstakes « GigaOM

Free For All… Office Sweepstakes « GigaOM — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:32:39 +0000

[...] by Om Malik Sunday, September 30, 2007 at 11:31 PM PT | No comments Everyone wants a piece of Microsoft’s (MSFT) Office suite. Google (GOOG), Sun Microsystems (JAVA), IBM, dozens of [...]

By: Diary of a Rat

Diary of a Rat — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:22:49 +0000

Google and IBM: The Office is Closed

Last week saw announcements from Google and IBM about office productivity app launches that, according to the tech punditocracy at least, promises serious threats to Microsoft’s lucrative hegemony on the enterprise desktop. Of course, one would...

By: BARZIN DARAGAHI

BARZIN DARAGAHI — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:14:47 +0000

For future reference, Capgemini is not spelled Cap Gemini. :)

By: Is It A Steal Or Did They Blink? « GigaOM

Is It A Steal Or Did They Blink? « GigaOM — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 04:06:45 +0000

[...] cuts as well? If that happens, then it could put Microsoft’s cash cow on a crash diet, giving Office wannabes a chance to [...]

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:52:51 +0000

Bloj,

thanks for your nice summation. Appreciate it.

By: aja

aja — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:43:01 +0000

great article.

By: bloj

bloj — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:03:39 +0000

Yes jcodezz is right that Microsoft is the only Big boy in the corporate IT (on the desktop and lightweight server side that is)..but let me share something. I have been an IT (focused on Infrastructure) consultant for last 12 years and this year was the first year when I was asked to evaluate Zimbra email software and do a side by side comparision against Exchange 2007.And Zimbra was damn impressive – however their sales and service organization wasnt – so the client ultimately decided that they will go for a exchange upgrade. However I am sure that next time an upgrade is around the corner for exchange – if Zimbra or some other alternative email Service can prove their worth – they have a bloody good chance of replacing exchange (just like once upon time exchange replaces sendmail/imap/pop unix servers).Same thing with office software too. I see corporates experimenting more and more with open source software because their qualities are improving , the business model around them is improving and overall they are catching up with Microsoft. Agreed it will take time but nothing lasts forever (at least not in this world) and there may be a time when Microsoft will find its worthy replacement. The signs are increasing NOT decreasing my friends.

By: Scott Colesworthy

Scott Colesworthy — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:32:30 +0000

Has anyone done a detailed comparison between Microsoft Office and the current version of Premium Google Apps yet?

What options does one have when using Google Apps when not connected to the net?

How is Google addressing compatibility with office? (The need to convert a Google document to an office document since most people now use office.)

By: Opinions Vary on CapGemini : Venture Chronicles

Opinions Vary on CapGemini : Venture Chronicles — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:26:20 +0000

[...] that is a significant portion of the market really wants Google to be successful with office apps in order to provide a lever to use against Microsoft. Whether or not Google is successful is [...]