Google Docs Blog: A new Google Docs

[6Foot2]

I use GoogleMail and Google Documents.

 

OK. I don't collaborate with any other Google users but if I could get our school to think about it, well the things we could do! And no licence fees for Office...

 

 

Google Blog link: Official Google Docs Blog: A new Google Docs

[SimpleSi]

At the moment, the one thing my teachers and pupils can still use a computer for if the network/internet fails is document processing.

 

That the minus

 

regards

 

Simon

[6Foot2]

At the moment, the one thing my teachers and pupils can still use a computer for if the network/internet fails is document processing.

 

That the minus

 

regards

 

Simon

 

How often do you get such outages?

 

How long does it take you, generally, to recover?

[SimpleSi]

Well - at one school at the moment - I have 20 netbooks net connections failing practically every lesson

 

I'm just pointing out that it shift more dependancy onto networks/internet working.

 

And whereas I have some ability to ensure local net reliability (even when I'm failing to do so!) - I have no control over internet connection (or the internet itself of course ).

 

regards

 

Simon

 

PS Recovery time can be half a lesson

[6Foot2]

Well - at one school at the moment - I have 20 netbooks net connections failing practically every lesson

 

Should you be looking at the reasons for the failure there?

 

All I am saying is that as time goes by The Internet will become a bigger part of our lives [in many ways] Surely we should be embracing that rather than appearing to be worried about it.

 

Yes there are issues. But the networks we have now have issues. I would say that there is no 'ideal' solution but looking forward collaborative working seems to be the way things are going now.

[SimpleSi]

Should you be looking at the reasons for the failure there?

Oh - should I? - that never occurred to me - ta.

 

I'll get onto it.

[Domino]

Should you be looking at the reasons for the failure there?

 

All I am saying is that as time goes by The Internet will become a bigger part of our lives [in many ways] Surely we should be embracing that rather than appearing to be worried about it.

 

Yes there are issues. But the networks we have now have issues. I would say that there is no 'ideal' solution but looking forward collaborative working seems to be the way things are going now.

 

Thats only workable once you have a stable connection.

 

Yes, if you're in the position where you have that then wonderful - however the last time I had an LEA make infrastructure changes we had weeks of outages and poor performance. Real performance gains only happened 8-12 months after the 'upgrades'. Even working in business now we're at the mercy of some fool at the Olympic site chomping through a fibre bundle.

 

I'd hate to be the person advocating web apps only for something like that to happen. the same with all 'cloud' services.