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From: za kAT on 19 Jun 2010 15:31
On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:21:35 +0000 (UTC), Bear Bottoms wrote:

> za kAT <zakAT(a)super-secret-IPaddress.invalid> wrote in
> news:hvir83$sv6$1(a)news.eternal-september.org:
>
>> Drivel. VanguardLH said it all. You didn't listen. These are little
>> browser apps. Fine for what they are, for people with limited
>> requirements, but they can't compete with OO, and certainly not
>> Office. Dream on.
>>
>
> Most home users do not need the full power of OO or MS office.

I don't see any stats, but seems self evident.

> They will improve with home user feedback,

I expect the programmers, and marketing people will have far more input
regarding the future scope of the product. It's old ground.

> but are already moving in for the kill as they are.

What does this mean? Kill what? I can't see it killing M$ office even for
small business. Many use some advanced features, or need it because their
clients supply stuff that needs it. There are many small businesses who
live inside one database and office. That is their sum total computer
experience.

There's a market for Google apps I'm sure, but your predictions have feet
of clay. Did you even read the comments on this article?

"This survey only provides information from users "allowed" to install the
RescueTime tool. This means that the stats are definitely stilted to home
users or non-corporate controlled users many of which are active Office
users."

http://www.rescuetime.com/

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From: Martin Jay on 20 Jun 2010 08:12
On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:21:35 +0000 (UTC), Bear Bottoms
<bearbottoms1(a)gmai.com> wrote:

>Most home users do not need the full power of OO or MS office. They will
>improve with home user feedback, but are already moving in for the kill
>as they are.

Surprisingly, Google Docs doesn't allow users to set tab points and
margins. These are very basic features.

It isn't even WYSIWYG, which has been a basic feature of office
applications since last century.
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Martin Jay
From: Martin Jay on 20 Jun 2010 16:57
On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:42:15 -0700, Craig <netburgher(a)REMOVEgmail.com>
wrote:

>>It isn't even WYSIWYG, which has been a basic feature of office
>>applications since last century.

>I'm not sure when was the last time you'd tried GDocs but I've been
>using it for collaboration projects during this past month. GDocs have
>both of these features.

Ah, yes, so it does.

I needed to go into Setting, Edit, then activate the New version of
Google documents.

Thanx.
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Martin Jay
From: Martin Jay on 20 Jun 2010 18:20
On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:30:49 +0000 (UTC), Bear Bottoms
<bearbottoms1(a)gmai.com> wrote:
>Martin Jay <martin(a)spam-free.org.uk> wrote in
>news:1035.1277071062.20100620(a)spam-free.org.uk:

>>I needed to go into Setting, Edit, then activate the New version of
>>Google documents.

>Another idiot mouthing off without any knowledge...lot's of mouth in this
>group...very little substance.

Hmmm. Not sure I'll be trusting Google Docs with my important
documents for a while. Got this error shortly after switching to the
new interface:

"Google Docs has encountered a server error or bug. We are looking
into the problem now."

See: <http://www.spam-free.org.uk/stuff/Google_docs_error.jpg>.
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