Comments on: Ma’am, the Intarwebs ate my homework!

By: jhay

jhay — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:24:50 +0000

It’s more than reliability and redundancy, privacy and security of data once it gets online would be a primary concern in the near future if not today.

Plus, there’s still that threat called spam!

By: JC John SESE Cuneta

JC John SESE Cuneta — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 03:39:32 +0000

“Web Office” will not replace offline office suites, not yet. Maybe three decades from now it will, or gain more popularity. It is still too early for these “Web Office” suites, and most if not all, are still continually being developed.

USB is still the way (and I don’t have a USB :p I use my mobile phone), and it’s not “old” yet :p In fact, applications are being developed to run on USBs only – giving us more reasons to stick with USBs.

But sadly, there are companies who are starting to disable USB drives for the sole reason of “security”. Companies today, yes here in the Philippines, are becoming more “Western” – they do not trust their employees.

I won’t be surprise at all if we start to hear reports of freedom, human rights, privacy, etc. between employees and companies in our country.

By: Arnold Gamboa

Arnold Gamboa — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 06:46:43 +0000

A couple of weeks ago, we decided not to install any office productivity suite on a new workstation. We’re kind of doing some tests to see if we can survive without MS Office or OpenOffice.org. So far, 2 weeks after, the workstation is doing great with Google Docs. Collaboration is maximized and the document being accessible somewhere else is a plus.

By: JP Loh

JP Loh — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 02:19:56 +0000

I don’t think that these free services have commitments for 99.9% uptime. If it’s a school requirement to use one of these online tools, it’s best that the school used the paid version to ensure some sort of SLA. Or better yet, the school itself should host the software (many professors use Yahoo! Groups too).

By: issai

issai — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:36:10 +0000

openoffice!!! hehe

By: BrianB

BrianB — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:49:05 +0000

The trick is to pressure Microsoft to lower the price of Office.

By: Robin Wauters

Robin Wauters — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:10:53 +0000

You’re partially right, but what if you turn things around and say the offline suites still have value because they can complement online office suites.

With today’s possibilities of synchronization, live backup, the arguments of not moving your office environment online are growing very very small in numbers and thin in terms of substance. Re-reading your post, I’d argue that you mean internet connectivity and broadband services should improve, not online office suites.

My 2 cents, I’m of course a little biased since I consult for one of the leading virtual office suites

By: ConradMiguel | StudentBlogger

ConradMiguel | StudentBlogger — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:45:05 +0000

Agree, they should not act as replacements but only supplements/complements.

I’d probably use them on emergencies. I’ve never tried those things yet, and I’m not bothering to try them on my snail dialup.

By: ernesto

ernesto — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:41:42 +0000

Yeah Google Docs aka Writely is very fine for me and you can retrieve it anywhere who has an internet connection love it but it’s kinda slow