Comments on: Chrome, the Google Docs-mobile http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/chrome-gdocs-msoffice/ Peter Christensen's Blog Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:20:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ben http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/chrome-gdocs-msoffice/comment-page-1/#comment-825 Ben Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:14:00 +0000 http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/?p=286#comment-825 Great article. I wrote about something similar, how Google is positioning Chrome as a web app platform: <a href="http://blog.emson.co.uk/2008/09/chrome-is-a-desktop-web-application-platform/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.emson.co.uk/2008/09/chrome-is-a-desktop-web-application-platform/</a> Great article. I wrote about something similar, how Google is positioning Chrome as a web app platform:
http://blog.emson.co.uk/2008/09/chrome-is-a-desktop-web-application-platform/

]]> By: Christian http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/chrome-gdocs-msoffice/comment-page-1/#comment-824 Christian Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:02:21 +0000 http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/?p=286#comment-824 Don't forget that for many IT organizations Windows Group Policy (GPO) integration is crucial. GPO provides the ability to lock down any part of the functionality that an app exposes. IE8 has 1,300 GPO exposed properties. It's a lot, but MS understand that unless IT can control the end user experience, many organizations won't allow a piece of software on a desktop. Don’t forget that for many IT organizations Windows Group Policy (GPO) integration is crucial.

GPO provides the ability to lock down any part of the functionality that an app exposes. IE8 has 1,300 GPO exposed properties.

It’s a lot, but MS understand that unless IT can control the end user experience, many organizations won’t allow a piece of software on a desktop.

]]> By: Evan http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/chrome-gdocs-msoffice/comment-page-1/#comment-819 Evan Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:38:06 +0000 http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/?p=286#comment-819 I think you forgot the biggest deal-breaker: Where your files are stored. For many organizations, the deal-breaker is that storing their data online, not on their own machines, is just not acceptable. Government, corporate controlled/sensitive info, etc. I don't know to what degree Gears ameliorates that, but I don't think it eliminates the online storage entirely? I think you forgot the biggest deal-breaker: Where your files are stored.

For many organizations, the deal-breaker is that storing their data online, not on their own machines, is just not acceptable. Government, corporate controlled/sensitive info, etc.

I don’t know to what degree Gears ameliorates that, but I don’t think it eliminates the online storage entirely?

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