Getting Starry Eyed With Google

Seems like there's enough Google fairy dust in some trade mags. The eWeek Google Watch article/post, Microsoft Blasts Google Apps with FUD, shows it's getting to be the new Kool Aid.

Nice stirring the pot post. Why some of it's crapola:

1. Crapola 1: Missing deadlines is by definition, ahem, a deadline. Yes, a deadline was missed, but there was one...it even says it in the phrase. And if you think missing a deadline is as bad as not setting one, well, let's hope you just keep posting on blogs and not involved in product development...and a few other titles I can think of.
   
   
2. Crapola 2: If the "support" item is related to the slide show on the same subject, it's off the mark...somewhat. Yes, both entities don't have 24/7 support, but the point is, if anyone has any type of IT support experience whatsoever, the point being raised was that if an issue other than the software itself came up, does business stop? I don't know about you, but the days of "how do I create a Word document" are gone.
   
   The point of this item was more along the lines of, "Why can't I create a document"? Which means, you as an IT person, will have to go through a list:
• network connectivity?
• authentication?
• and so on?
  

As someone who tried to introduce Open Office, which BTW is better than this toy, yes, it was costly, not in the licensing sense, but in the support sense.

• I lost all my formatting!
• I can't open this file!
• You want me to "SAVE AS" what? So that our business partner can print our contract???!
• I spent hours creating this mail merge document. I used your this new stuff, saved it (overwrote original Word file), and it's no longer working. Fix it.
• Where's my pivot table?
  

Don't get me wrong, I love Google, I use one Google product or another on a daily basis...uh, like this Blogger thingamabob (not daily though). Just not obsessed with it to the point that I've lost touch with reality.