Google Spreadsheet - It Doesn't Even Sound Right

David Card | June 05, 2006, 10:19 PM

Okay, this is just silly. Google is just playing with Microsoft's (hive) mind. Scaring the troops. Sleight-of-handing the managers.

Consumers don't use spreadsheets. No thinking IT manager would sign off on replacing Excel with a Web-based spreadsheet.

Spreadsheets' score on the Google initiative evaluator (score of 1 to 3: competitive disadvantage to core competency and leverage)

- Search affinity: zero
- Habitual usage: zero
- Platform potential: one
- Marketplace leverage: zero
- Leading to a net Google focus of: zero