Comments on: First Office 2.0 Acquisition http://itredux.com/2006/03/09/first-office-20-acquisition/ New Rules for a New IT World Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:24:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lee Provoost http://itredux.com/2006/03/09/first-office-20-acquisition/comment-page-1/#comment-758 Lee Provoost Tue, 21 Mar 2006 08:35:08 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/03/09/first-office-20-acquisition/#comment-758 I just read an <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/20/3_msn_mobile_hotmail/">article</a> today on The Register about hotmail on the move. Then a question popped up in my mind: does the device have to adapt to Office 2.0, or does Office 2.0 have to adapt to the device? What I mean is, do we need slimmed down versions of each Office 2.0 application, or should one single version wotk both with PCs and mobile devices? I just read an article today on The Register about hotmail on the move. Then a question popped up in my mind: does the device have to adapt to Office 2.0, or does Office 2.0 have to adapt to the device? What I mean is, do we need slimmed down versions of each Office 2.0 application, or should one single version wotk both with PCs and mobile devices?

]]> By: iLee's Blog http://itredux.com/2006/03/09/first-office-20-acquisition/comment-page-1/#comment-589 iLee's Blog Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:06:23 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/03/09/first-office-20-acquisition/#comment-589 [...] The discussion can be found here and his rationale for using Office 2.0 can be found here. Last but not least an overview of Office 2.0 products on del.icio.us. [...] […] The discussion can be found here and his rationale for using Office 2.0 can be found here. Last but not least an overview of Office 2.0 products on del.icio.us. […]

]]> By: Ismael Ghalimi http://itredux.com/2006/03/09/first-office-20-acquisition/comment-page-1/#comment-588 Ismael Ghalimi Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:59:53 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/03/09/first-office-20-acquisition/#comment-588 Lee, That makes sense, but it assumes that all users you want to share your documents with use the same software, or at least software that is compatible. Based on my experience, it's never really the case, and this new little feature that people get with the latest version of Microsoft Office will break everything. The benefit of using Office 2.0 services such as Writely or Zoho Writer is that they work for everybody, as long as you have a web browser. This is the type of "portability" that really makes a difference. Lee,

That makes sense, but it assumes that all users you want to share your documents with use the same software, or at least software that is compatible. Based on my experience, it’s never really the case, and this new little feature that people get with the latest version of Microsoft Office will break everything. The benefit of using Office 2.0 services such as Writely or Zoho Writer is that they work for everybody, as long as you have a web browser. This is the type of “portability” that really makes a difference.

]]> By: Lee Provoost http://itredux.com/2006/03/09/first-office-20-acquisition/comment-page-1/#comment-587 Lee Provoost Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:39:39 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/03/09/first-office-20-acquisition/#comment-587 "The use of a memory stick does not really address the need for backups and document sharing, therefore I will always prefer a solution where all documents are stored online." I was refering to the use of a portable OpenOffice on a USB stick that you can carry around, and some online storage for your documents and configuration files. Perhaps something like an enteprise content management feature could be useful in the sense that your portable OpenOffice get some versioning and other services online. Anyway, I'll take a look at the Office 2.0 rationale. Thanks. “The use of a memory stick does not really address the need for backups and document sharing, therefore I will always prefer a solution where all documents are stored online.”

I was refering to the use of a portable OpenOffice on a USB stick that you can carry around, and some online storage for your documents and configuration files. Perhaps something like an enteprise content management feature could be useful in the sense that your portable OpenOffice get some versioning and other services online. Anyway, I’ll take a look at the Office 2.0 rationale.

Thanks.

]]> By: Ismael Ghalimi http://itredux.com/2006/03/09/first-office-20-acquisition/comment-page-1/#comment-586 Ismael Ghalimi Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:27:13 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/03/09/first-office-20-acquisition/#comment-586 Lee, You will find a good case for Office 2.0 <a href="http://itredux.com/blog/2006/01/16/rationale-for-office-20/" rel="nofollow">there</a>. And you're right, I would not advise the use of a PDA for doing any productive work, and it is true for both Office 1.0 and Office 2.0. Unless your work has to do with inventory control or patient-facing healthcare data access, I find PDAs to be quite useless frankly. The use of a memory stick does not really address the need for backups and document sharing, therefore I will always prefer a solution where all documents are stored online. Lee,

You will find a good case for Office 2.0 there. And you’re right, I would not advise the use of a PDA for doing any productive work, and it is true for both Office 1.0 and Office 2.0. Unless your work has to do with inventory control or patient-facing healthcare data access, I find PDAs to be quite useless frankly. The use of a memory stick does not really address the need for backups and document sharing, therefore I will always prefer a solution where all documents are stored online.

]]> By: Lee Provoost http://itredux.com/2006/03/09/first-office-20-acquisition/comment-page-1/#comment-568 Lee Provoost Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:26:34 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/03/09/first-office-20-acquisition/#comment-568 While I can see certain benefits in having a web-based office productivity suite (as in Office 2.0), I don't "get" the hype actually. Sure, web-based email is very useful and I think there is a certain purpose for Office 2.0, but we already discussed that being "offline" is one of the hardest problems, so why not go for a solution like a portable OpenOffice on an USB stick and store everything on some server? You can argue that you can access your documents with Office 2.0 through a PDA, but you can hardly say that you can do serious editing on a PDA (even if it has a keyboard). Until now, the only thing that I can being useful is a good calendar that is synced with your Outlook or Apple iCal. Please enlighten me, because I don't "get" the Office 2.0 hype :-) While I can see certain benefits in having a web-based office productivity suite (as in Office 2.0), I don’t “get” the hype actually. Sure, web-based email is very useful and I think there is a certain purpose for Office 2.0, but we already discussed that being “offline” is one of the hardest problems, so why not go for a solution like a portable OpenOffice on an USB stick and store everything on some server?

You can argue that you can access your documents with Office 2.0 through a PDA, but you can hardly say that you can do serious editing on a PDA (even if it has a keyboard). Until now, the only thing that I can being useful is a good calendar that is synced with your Outlook or Apple iCal.

Please enlighten me, because I don’t “get” the Office 2.0 hype :-)

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