Comments on: Is it time to ditch Office and move online?

Don Reisinger takes a look at three online Office apps that might be worth checking out if you're looking to get rid of Microsoft Office.

[jatstuff]

No mention of Open Office Online at ulteo (http://www.ulteo.com/home/en/ooo)? Is that because it's not as good as Google Docs,Thinkfree Online or Zoho? Or less popular?

[saxoji]

I have a doubt about whether or not Don Reisinger have chances to use the each online office product in the real business field.
Don sad about ThinkFree's presentation online app.(show) have the weak performance. but When I use that, I cannnot feel those wekaness, especially speed.
Most important thing that I think is that Thinkfree have the usefullness in the real business field. Have you ever send the documents that is made by Google docs or Zoho's relevant services to your business partner or your boss ? Maybe almost of them shout "What the hell sre these reports !", "So low quality"
But if you use ThinkFree, They cannot detect any differences compared to MS Office.

[saxoji]

I have a doubt about whether or not Don Reisinger have chances to use the each online office product in the real business field.
Don sad about ThinkFree's presentation online app.(show) have the weak performance. but When I use that, I cannnot feel those wekaness, especially speed.
Most important thing that I think is that Thinkfree have the usefullness in the real business field. Have you ever send the documents that is made by Google docs or Zoho's relevant services to your business partner or your boss ? Maybe almost of them shout "What the hell sre these reports !", "So low quality"
But if you use ThinkFree, They cannot detect any differences compared to MS Office.

[Jyakotu]

As a student, Microsoft Office Suite is perfect for me. I know OpenOffice is free, but I just trust Microsoft Office more. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Access, and Outlook are used by everyone in my family at one point or another. If you want something professional, that's what Microsoft Office Suite does. OpenOffice is for the "casual users" at best who only probably need a simple word processor and spreadsheet program.

[Pank2008]

I think Microsoft's decision to launch Office 14 creates a really strong case for keeping with MS Office. That is, because most of the web based office suites really don't compare to the power of MS Office. Also, Office 14 will give users 3 options.

1) to access files on the full power desktop version of Office (which is installed on most systems anyway)
2) to access its purely web based version remotely even if MS Office is not installed locally.
3) Use third party software for collaborating on files like HyperOffice, which give you a lot of remote collaboration power. Web based Office suites like Google and Zoho tie you to their own file formats, hence less flexibility.