Comments on: Google WhateverSheet

By: Jeremy Wright

Jeremy Wright — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 17:42:50 +0000

Not if it’s down twice a week

By: /pd

/pd — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 17:30:58 +0000

geeeeeeeeee..

“The first 10 million are early adopters or those who love to be retrained ”
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“web-based email that requires users to be completely retrained, which isn’t a scaleable ”

Ok then lets say I conceed the first point for ease of discusion). !! - .. then what is scaleable in your world . So 10million is not a a scaleable value for you ??

By: Jeremy Wright

Jeremy Wright — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 01:14:10 +0000

PD: Sure I can. The first 10 million are early adopters or those who love to be retrained (or the young, who were never trained in the first place).

Let’s put it this way. There have been free office suites forever. There have been online office suites for 4 years. Nothing has impacted Office’s share yet, why would a stripped down, decentralized, unstable, unsupported service do so now?

By: /pd

/pd — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 23:21:27 +0000

Jeremy, I think you need to also factor in Hosted Services of gmail. This is quietly and slowly being rolled out to small business and Enterpruner type of early adopters.

“web-based email that requires users to be completely retrained, which isn’t a scaleable ”

Oppss,.. are you telling me that 3-4Million early adoptors, 2-3 million followers and another 2-3 million techis needed training ?? Thats quite an ascertain that you made over at Dans Comments, likewise how will you ascertain that :email that requires users to be completely retrained” ??

No the postulation is wonky. you cant say that and also say they all needed “retraining” ??? Woot Woot 10Million users ??

By: Jeremy Wright

Jeremy Wright — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 22:09:32 +0000

Who are these “masses”? Show me a single product Google’s built that has hit massmarket appeal outside of search.

Also, your comment spurred a post: http://www.ensight.org/archives/2006/06/06/ms-office-is-not-too-expens ive/

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 21:04:51 +0000

Perhaps you are a little to close to these developments – for the masses many of these solutions (developed or bought) are fantastic and extend their use of the internet – as someone who uses excel 97 at home (because I am sure not going to pay Microsoft any more money) the concept of an online spreadsheet works for me.

By: Jeremy Wright

Jeremy Wright — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 19:47:12 +0000

PD: I’d argue Gmail doesn’t have any real value. Or at least it has no more value than Hotmail or Yahoo! Mail. It’s just web-based email. And it’s web-based email that requires users to be completely retrained, which isn’t a scaleable metaphor at all.

By: /pd

/pd — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 19:29:45 +0000

“only products Google has of value are ones they bought” –

huh ?? what about Gmail ?

By: Marc Orchant

Marc Orchant — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:32:16 +0000

Jeremy – how many times have I told you that it is unhealthy to bottle up your feelings. You need to just say what you really think dude!

;^)

Your points (and Don’s) are well-taken. It’s high time people recognized that Google is spending a lot of money and launching a lot of stuff but in general is functioning like a blindfolded kid trying to hit a pinata at a birthday party.

By: Jeremy Wright

Jeremy Wright — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 14:00:19 +0000

Sure, too bad Google didn’t develop it. The only products Google has of value are ones they bought… And then never really did anything with after buying them.