Comments on: Google Still Doesn’t Get How to Beat Microsoft Office http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2012/09/26/google-still-doesnt-get-how-to-beat-microsoft-office/ For Executives, Entrepreneurs, and other Digerati who need to know about SaaS and Web 2.0. Mon, 06 May 2013 03:46:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mobile First for SaaS? Desktop PC’s Dead? Nope. : Enterprise Irregulars http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2012/09/26/google-still-doesnt-get-how-to-beat-microsoft-office/#comment-10258 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:46:46 +0000 http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/?p=2437#comment-10258 [...] need for Mobile, or is it a nice-to-have?  How about Finance and HR?  Can those guys even get a decent spreadsheet application on a mobile device?  Have you been in many interviews or performance reviews where a Mobile Device was doing the note [...]

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]]> By: schlafly http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2012/09/26/google-still-doesnt-get-how-to-beat-microsoft-office/#comment-9934 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:19:09 +0000 http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/?p=2437#comment-9934 I was going to defend Google for still supporting the .rtf format, but then I saw this: “The [Google] spokesperson further wanted to point out that Microsoft offers a free Compatibility Pack for Office 2000, Office XP, and Office 2003. If you have this pack, you’ll be able to you open, edit, and save files using the .xxxX file formats in newer versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.”

So Google is NOT supporting the old formats because Msft IS supporting them. I guess Google is going after the market of people who have Msft Office, but still want to use Google docs for online sharing.

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