I like google docs because:
- You can send the "invitation" before you are done writing the document!
- You can work on the document anytime
- There is only one copy on the planet. No confusion.
- Automatic version are kept by default
- Automatic backup
- Documents can be started privately, finished publicly
- When there is no Internet, it just keeps working (launched Apr 12 2008)
Docs & Gears integration soon by PCworld. also by ZD net.
Gears database sample Google Gears? Video
Of course you can type up notes and paste them later to google docs.
I don't like google docs because:
- Security, the documents are only as secure as my GMail password - and if you store your password somewhere, maybe not even that secure. more...
- No encryption - at least not with the software provided by Google - and encryption kind of defeats the purpose of indexing and quickly finding relevant documents. more...
- Legal issues raised by remote storage generally. Who owns the documents? Can google be compelled to reveal the content of document?
Whenever records or other evidence is housed with a third party, you have not only increased the likelihood of data access, you have created a new entity with physical or logical more...
More on the great migration to google:
Jobs at Google
Reflections on Google docs by download squad
- People are married to their desktops and get agitated if you rearrange or remove their icons. Google Docs doesn't give us desktop icons;
- Sharing is a new paradigm that has yet to gain anything close to universal acceptance and it sends shivers down the spines of many an admin assistant. No wonder Microsoft didn't go there first: they understand their users' control issues and frankly may have a better understanding of how small business networks function.
- Microsoft comfort video.
