ericatcw brings us a Computerworld scoop about how businesses are still hesitant to switch to Google Apps as an alternative to Microsoft Office. While a Google spokesman claims “millions of active users”, only “several thousand organizations” have paid for the Premier service, which was launched earlier that year. From Computerworld: “‘If we deploy it correctly, Google Docs can replace some [of] our Office apps — but not all of them,’ said Les Sease, IT director of Prudential

Carolina Real Estate in North Charleston, South Carolina. Sease would like to switch everyone by completely to Google Apps. But first he would like to see better synchronization amoung Google Apps and mobile devices, shared online file storage similar to that of Apple Inc.’s .Mac, as well as a simple desktop publishing tool similar to Microsoft Publisher.”

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