__/ [ Jim Richardson ] on Wednesday 02 May 2007 03:12 \__
> On Tue, 1 May 2007 15:25:01 -0500,
> Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Tue, 01 May 2007 12:56:16 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> __/ [ Erik Funkenbusch ] on Tuesday 01 May 2007 12:40 \__
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 01 May 2007 12:22:17 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Of course, this spells doom for Microsoft, which very much struggles in
>>>>> getting its services to work and attract people. Last week, Microsoft
>>>>> said that there was very little demand for Office Live. Meanwhile,
>>>>> Google claims 100,000+ businesses migrated from Microsoft Office to its
>>>>> own offering.
>>>>
>>>> No, Roy. Google does *NOT* claim that 100,000+ business have migrated
>>>> from
>>>> Microsoft Office to it's own offerings. Here's what Google says:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/google_apps.html
>>>>
>>>> "Google Apps?, launched as a free service in August 2006, is a suite of
>>>> applications that includes Gmail? webmail services, Google Calendar?
>>>> shared calendaring, Google Talk? instant messaging and voice-over-IP,
>>>> and the Start Page feature for creating a customizable home page on a
>>>> specific domain. More than 100,000 small businesses and hundreds of
>>>> universities now use the service."
>>>>
>>>> In other words, more than 100,000 people claiming to represent small
>>>> businesses have signed up for some kind of google app, which might
>>>> simply
>>>> be a customized home page. It does *NOT* say anyone migrated from
>>>> Microsoft Office.
>>>>
>>>> So please stop lying about what google is claiming. And stop
>>>> "interpreting" things, you suck at it.
>>>
>>> Weasel boy... Quit the slander in the subject line, okay? Here you go.
>>>
>>> Google manager: Google Apps replaced Microsoft Office at 100,000
>>> businesses
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| Google's newly released online productivity suite Google Apps has
>>>| already replaced Microsoft Office at more than 100,000 small to
>>>| medium enterprises and has been deployed at two of the largest
>>>| companies in the world, according to the search leader's
>>>| enterprise product boss.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/9889/53/
>>
>> Geez, It appears that googles spokesperson is lying through his teeth.
>> For example:
>>
>> "Gough says: "It happens that most people are choosing to work in an
>> online environment, a collaborative environment, an environment that has a
>> user interface that they know, with a familiar interface with search in
>> the center. They are choosing to use Google Apps because they¢ve seen how
>> easy to use they are and how productive they can be at home. So they¢re
>> saying why can¢t they bring Google into the workplace and have those same
>> benefits and usability."
>>
>> I'm sorry, but "most" people don't even *HAVE* an internet connection of
>> any kind. The article even says that 48% of employees don't even have
>> email addresses.
>>
>> Also, nowhere else does anyone even remotely connected to google suggest
>> anything like this. Googles own official press release doesn't say it. I
>> think Mr Gough is talking out of his ass.
>
>
> So when were you planning on apologizing to Roy for your calling him a
> liar on this?
Thank you, Jim. I was thinking the same thing. He has shown nothing but
comtempt while I believe I have been polite to him all along.
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