

These are no longer yesterday’s wannabe applications. Now some people still use Word, but last time I was there one of the editors told me he was moving everything over to Google’s Docs because it let him work with his authors much more effectively. Because if you visit Fast Company’s offices in New York, for instance, they want to work with you on your copy in live time. This time to something like Zoho Writer or Google’s Docs. Today I’d say the skill set is shifting once again. Today Robert Scoble reports he is seeing online applications wherever he turns: I think I was in the minority stating that I really did not need more than 10-20% of Word or Excel’s functionality, but online-anywhere access and collaboration made the switch worthwhile. The majority view was that their Office applications were weak contenders that would never challenge the Microsoft suite’s position. Barely two years ago we debated whether little-known Zoho was worth paying attention to.
