"Your content is trapped in Sharepoint, but now you can use the APIs Sharepoint has had forever to get your data out and Google Docs' new APIs to put it in Google Docs instead so your data will be free from evil Microsoft lock-in!"
...? Hello? How come Google Docs' API counts so your content isn't considered locked in, but Sharepoint's doesn't?
Because Google isn't Microsoft, it's stupid but that's how people think.
I use Google Docs' for my writing, but you can bet sure as shit that I have a backup just in case (in fact I have a backup on my PC, external hard drive, web server and as an attachment in gmail).
very sensible too. The point is that Sharepoint is designed to colonise the organisation without the IT department knowing. You don't have top bean open source fanatic to see the danger in this. I'm happy to use Microsoft products, but you have to make sure you know where your dependencies are. Google is a super power and I'm wary of it, but as it fights to push Microsoft into second place it can open up some previously closed technology. That is good for us all - even Microsoft and its reluctant embrace of interoperability
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[ 3.6 ms ] story [ 39.0 ms ] thread...? Hello? How come Google Docs' API counts so your content isn't considered locked in, but Sharepoint's doesn't?
I use Google Docs' for my writing, but you can bet sure as shit that I have a backup just in case (in fact I have a backup on my PC, external hard drive, web server and as an attachment in gmail).
Nuff said.