This week there was a lot written in the press about the basic premise that a move to the cloud is dramatic enough without having to deal with significant & time-consuming integration, compatibility, and continuity problems.
The tl;dr version can be best summarized as, “You get what you pay for”, but there’s more to it than that. Read on:
CNET: “My Google Spreadsheet Fail”
by Stephen Shankland – March 26, 2013 7:52 AM PDT
“Google wants it to be a "nonissue" when Google Docs and Chrome OS users work with Microsoft Office files. CNET News’ Stephen Shankland ran into hitches and glitches that show that’s not the case.”
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57576290-93/my-google-spreadsheet-fail/
ZDNET: My big email switch: Why I picked Office 365 over Google Apps
By David Gewirtz – March 26, 2013 — 15:56 GMT (08:56 PDT)
“The bizarre moral of my migration story: I would actually face fewer service interruptions and more service continuity for my existing mission-critical Google services if I switched to Microsoft Office.”
http://www.zdnet.com/my-big-email-switch-why-i-picked-office-365-over-google-apps-7000013143/
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