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Google as technology provider….

Friday, June 27 2008

I am ridiculously pleased with Google Apps for your Domain as infrastructure for a small, start-up company. And, with the recent addition of IMAP support for Gmail, I can now keep multiple devices in sync (which was a BIG problem w/no Exchange Server).

Now, for free, I can delete an email on my phone and it syncs to my laptop, my desktop, and the gmail.com interface. Sweet!

Unfortunately, I am not ready to pronounce Google Docs as a standard over Microsoft Word. It has the functionality, no question, but I feel like it is still a version or two away, since there are just a few quirks in terms of formatting/usability that make basic stuff a bit too frustrating for this stage of the revolution.

I do love the ability to share/collaborate with others and immediately publish to web, but you need to be able to write the doc with no hassle before all of that.

It’ll get there, no question, and it’s close, but not yet for me.


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Josh said on 6.29.2008 at 9:58 AM

Wow, he's making the swichover. I'm impressed. I agree with you about google docs, it's just not super functional yet. It's a step too slow, and it is missing a number of formatting tools to make it fully worthwhile. On the other hand, I'm also a fan of google's calendar synch, which will synch outlook with your google calendar on a regular basis. Happy 4th.


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