Comments on: CNET’s Significant Review of Office Suites http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2007/10/01/cnets-significant-review-of-office-suites/ Tools and Trade Secrets for Aspiring Writers Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:34:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Tom Colvin http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2007/10/01/cnets-significant-review-of-office-suites/#comment-3889 Tom Colvin Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:09:06 +0000 http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2007/10/01/cnets-significant-review-of-office-suites/#comment-3889 Barry, your point about ratings and evaluations is very well taken. It is indeed true that some of the reviews accompanying the current CNET article are dated. The Corel WordPerfect review, as I recall, is well over a year old. The date of rating is particularly important with the online suites, as they are updated much more frequently. Readers of this blog will know that I try to follow developments in that arena particularly closely, and I see those applications becoming increasingly important. In fact, just 3 days ago, I added gateways to ThinkFree and Zoho into my Facebook account for evaluation -- expect some report about that here sometime this month. And thanks again, Barry, for your obsefvation. I look forward to whatever else you may wish to pass along. Barry, your point about ratings and evaluations is very well taken. It is indeed true that some of the reviews accompanying the current CNET article are dated. The Corel WordPerfect review, as I recall, is well over a year old.

The date of rating is particularly important with the online suites, as they are updated much more frequently.

Readers of this blog will know that I try to follow developments in that arena particularly closely, and I see those applications becoming increasingly important. In fact, just 3 days ago, I added gateways to ThinkFree and Zoho into my Facebook account for evaluation — expect some report about that here sometime this month.

And thanks again, Barry, for your obsefvation. I look forward to whatever else you may wish to pass along.

]]> By: Barry Sampson http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2007/10/01/cnets-significant-review-of-office-suites/#comment-3878 Barry Sampson Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:17:32 +0000 http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2007/10/01/cnets-significant-review-of-office-suites/#comment-3878 Bearing in mind that the ratings given come from reviews that are bewteen 6 and 12 months old These reviews should be taklen with a serious does of salt, especially regarding the online ofes which have all been updated since their reviews. CNet seems to be indicating that these reveiws were updated on 27th September 07, but bearing in mind the review of Google Docs states that it doesn't have an alternative to PowerPoint (which it has since 18th September 07), this clearly isn't true. Also the interface and features have had a significant update since then. I realise that readers of this blog are most likely specifically interested in word processors, but taking these reviews as an indication of the quality of any element of each suite could be a mistake. Bearing in mind that the ratings given come from reviews that are bewteen 6 and 12 months old These reviews should be taklen with a serious does of salt, especially regarding the online ofes which have all been updated since their reviews.

CNet seems to be indicating that these reveiws were updated on 27th September 07, but bearing in mind the review of Google Docs states that it doesn’t have an alternative to PowerPoint (which it has since 18th September 07), this clearly isn’t true. Also the interface and features have had a significant update since then.

I realise that readers of this blog are most likely specifically interested in word processors, but taking these reviews as an indication of the quality of any element of each suite could be a mistake.

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