Ian Lynch wrote:
Like any disruptive technology, to start with most people won't but some
people will put up with any inconvenience for the lower cost. As the
technology improves more people will migrate (see Christensen et al for
the evidence in the past). In larger companies Google could provide a
cache on their LAN to get rid of any such connection problems.
I can see it as a disruptive technology. Today, most businesses wouldn't
accept the risk of losing their internet connection. But some day
internet connections will be solid and reliable (I hope!). So Google
Office may start with customers for whom losing temporary access to
their documents is just an inconvenience, and then move up the ladder as
internet conectivity improves.
As for connection reliability, we can't work if there is a power failure
but we don't use this as a reason not to become networked for power.
But power fails a lot less often than the internet :) Hence, my comment
above.
We could have lots of batteries or a generator just in case but most people
don't bother.
Places where power is critical do have lots of batteries and generators
though (like hospitals). Back to the example above, the reliability of
electricity supply has improved to the point where it's good enough for
most people, but still not for all. The same will likely happen with
internet connections.
Today, internet reliability is very poor. Even simple users like my mom
would not find the risk acceptable. I think that, for now, OOo would
likely out-compete Google Office as a primary office suite. This is not
to say that a business might not buy a subscription to Google Office for
some other reasons (e.g. backup).
Cheers,
Daniel.
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