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Posted Thursday, 19 April 2007, 13:30 HST @896

Wired News editor Michael Calore spent a month using Google’s web applications instead of Microsoft Office. Overall, it worked for him, but he had to jump through hoops to translate files for Microsoft users.

I’ve written about Google apps in my March 7 and February 23 posts. Web-based apps make sense for businesses, as long as employees have plenty of bandwidth and IT is aware of the security issues.

While Calore wasn’t able to use a Google presentation app in his experiment, Google is releasing one this summer according to Google’s blog, eWeek and Wired News. It looks like Google’s slideshow app will import and save PowerPoint (PPT) files. Compatibility with the market leader is a key success factor.

I won’t miss PowerPoint at all.

I just hope TurnItIn.com and WebCT start supporting Google document formats soon.

Tags: Google, key-success-factors, ksf, mashup, Microsoft, office, software, usability, value-chain, WebCT

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1 billso.com / TurnItIn.com supports Word 2007 // Monday, 7 May 2007, 17:28 HST @061

[…] I have more hope for Google Docs at this point, even if these web-based apps aren’t as powerful as Microsoft Office and the file sizes are limited. […]