On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 21:34:42 -0500, Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
> On 15 Oct 2006 22:57:01 -0700, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> A first look at the Linux friendly Google Docs &
>> Spreadsheets project
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>>| But for the rest of us, this move by Google is a great leap
>>| forward as it has successfully de-linked the productivity
>>| applications from the Operating System and it is possible
>>| to view, collaborate and edit ones documents from within
>>| any OS - be it Windows, Linux, Mac OSX or any other as
>>| long as you have access to a web browser.
>> `----
>>
>> http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2006/10/first-look-at-linux-friendly-google.html
>
> Unfortunately, there are a lot of people who aren't really thinking this
> through. Google is now becoming the custodian of nearly all information.
> AND they have access to that information.
>
> Be VERY careful about using Google Docs and Spreadsheets to write documents
> that include sensitive information. Apart from the fact that they'll
> gladly serve up your content unencrypted, people at google are encouraged
> to "come up with new ideas" for google to capitalize on. How do you know
> someone isn't crawling through your data looking for ideas, or finding
> sensitive information and selling to someone?
>
> In any hosted environment, you have to be able to trust the hoster, and
> while Google has it's "do no evil" policy, they've been doing a lot of
> questionable things lately, and they are, after all, a public company that
> must answer to their shareholders.
>
> I'd say the exact same thing about Microsoft, by the way. For this very
> reason, one should use hosted services with caution.
Exactly why only an idiot would do their taxes online........
IOW storing the information on some website instead of using offline
software like Turbotax etc.
Oh, I forgot, there is no consumer tax prep software for Linux.
Silly me.
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