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I use Google Docs quite a bit - not exclusively, but more and more. One reason is the built-in ability to collaborate in real time with others on a <ocument. I bet this feature cuts the time spent collaborating on a doc by at least 50%, when compared with other ways like track changes.
furthermore, Google Docs is not exactly what I would call a feature-rich word processor - it's much more basic than openoffice, but it gets the job done. and where OO does an OK job of importing and exporting to .doc format, google docs really messes up when I've tried to import any .doc that is even moderately formatted.
All this to say that I think the task ahead of Microsoft is much more than simply slapping a free (if ad-supported) version of Word or Works online if their goal is to take the air out of google docs' balloon. if real-time collaboration is the online word processing "killer app," I wonder if there is an inherent trade-off between feature richness and effectively delivering real-time collaboration? It would seem to me that the more elaborate one party to a collaboration gets in the formatting, etc., the longer it would take the servers on the back end to reconcile the changes and display them to others... - Posted by: gtewallace Posted on: 08/01/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
I might use it
gtewallace | 08/01/07
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Not Even If You Paid Me!
shoktai@... | 08/02/07
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OpenOffice is the better choice..
dpuryear@... | 08/02/07
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