Google Docs is great but there are other options...

For the ones that are not comfortable with the features of  Google  Docs, there are other Web 2.o applications available.  One of them is  Think Free   which provides text editor, spreadsheet and presentation software with the same look and feel of MS Office.  They offer a webtop (like a desktop but in the Web) with 1GB capacity. There is group editing and group sharing.

They offer four products:

• ThinkFree Online:  Manage, access, and edit documents over the internet. Get the best Microsoft Office compatibility available. Share and get everyone's input on your story, schedule, or marketing materials.
• ThinkFree Desktop:  Word processing, spreadsheet and presentation applications that let you create and edit Microsoft Office format documents. Compatible with Windows, Linux, and Macintosh systems.
• ThinkFree Server: Run ThinkFree on your servers. Easy centralized maintenance and a lower license cost reduce TCO. Edit remote documents online while providing security behind your firewal.
• ThinkFree Portable:  Office on the go. There are two versions:
  
  • It runs on U3 USB memory devices. The software runs on the portable device without worrying about the applications on the host computer you are using at the moment.
  • There is another portable version for iPods.  The software loads from the iPod into the memory of a computer that the iPod is connected to, regardless of whether the computer is running Mac OS X or Windows.

The first product is free, the other three are sold with license prices between $30 and $49 USD.

Jorge I. Blanco

Comments

[Francisco Moreno]

Nice post.. I have tested a lot of web applications, really are taking off the Desktops.. But now im gona try Think Free and comment my experience.

[John Clayton Caris]

Congratulations Jorge - This post opens our eyes further in building a Menu of alternatives for our clients to make the transformation out of the MS controlled world into the web-based world.

Can you and Paco tell us how you evaluate ThinkFree relative to Google Apps for ease of collaboration.

Also, Isis Systems is becoming a more active area of our blog network with three of us posting and commenting. Let's encourage this. It is most helpful to have all of us reading all of the posts on all of the blogs to stay informed and to comment and discuss the posts.