I wish I knew. While I didn't know about Zoho, I've known about Google docs for quite some time. I've been on Google.docs. I've probably even mentioned it a few times in the Google Tips and Tricks class.
It's not like I don't see their value. Either one would be an asset for any collaborative project. For example, the programming team could use this for projects that require collaboration.
I did read that some people/groups/nations are hesitant to use Google docs because of concerns about security. In March 2008 ZDnet reported the following "Google CEO Eric Schmidt revealed yesterday that the US government has made "requests" for the search giant to share information about its users -- and that Google would comply if the requests were legal." The tech blogs are buzzing with stories about how colleges/nations/companies are concerned about privacy, perhaps concerned enough to not use these applications.
But that's not the reason I haven't used them. So we go back to why. Am I so entrenched in my comfort zone that I'm afraid to try something new? Am I too focused on putting out fires and trying to get a task done that I'm not looking at a better way to do it? I wish I had the answers.
I'm sure I will use one of these in the very near future. I look forward to seeing how it works in the authentic context of a collaborative project.
After looking at both, I prefer Zoho. In addition to the word processing feature, I'd love to try the chat feature. That could be fun. Plus I'm going to take a more detailed look at the planner. I hate Microsoft Outlook. It's not user-friendly and if anyone but Microsoft created it, it would have been long gone. So perhaps the planner feature on Zoho would finally get me away from my little black calendar book.
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