Google Apps vs Microsoft Office: Where is the tipping point?
Today, for the first time ever, I found myself creating a document on Google Docs. This must sound really trivial, but I think it’s possibly a very big deal. This is because I somehow ended up chosing Google Docs over my usual office suite – Microsoft Office. I wasn’t just playing either. The choice was for a one real, solid reason – location transparency; I want to get at this document tomorrow morning from a different location/computer, without having to remember to save it to a media card, or to re-run my offsite backup. I knew Google Docs would give me that without question. I do wander what the tipping point was, I’ve dismissed Google Docs many times before thiking “it’s a crappy browser app” or “it’s a naff Google experiment that won’t survive”. Perhaps it’s because I’ve just noticed Google getting serious about their Google Apps suite for businesses? What was also pleasantly surprising was that I was using the Google Docs spreadsheet tool for 30 whole minutes, and didn’t give up
