Comments on: Zoho offline: Is being first enough? http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/21/zoho-offline-is-being-first-enough/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:10:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Mathew http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/21/zoho-offline-is-being-first-enough/#comment-308819 Mathew Wed, 22 Aug 2007 04:02:03 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/21/zoho-offline-is-being-first-enough/#comment-308819 Thanks, Sridhar -- that's a fair point. Thanks, Sridhar — that’s a fair point.

]]> By: Sridhar Vembu http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/21/zoho-offline-is-being-first-enough/#comment-308595 Sridhar Vembu Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:11:57 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/21/zoho-offline-is-being-first-enough/#comment-308595 I agree being first doesn't confer any huge advantage - but it takes more than half an hour of programming time though! The Zoho vision is to offer a comprehensive suite, with depth and breadth, and I think the market is big enough to support a decent business for Zoho, even if Google "wins". Sridhar I agree being first doesn’t confer any huge advantage - but it takes more than half an hour of programming time though!

The Zoho vision is to offer a comprehensive suite, with depth and breadth, and I think the market is big enough to support a decent business for Zoho, even if Google “wins”.

Sridhar

]]> By: Zoli Erdos http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/21/zoho-offline-is-being-first-enough/#comment-308535 Zoli Erdos Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:51:00 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/21/zoho-offline-is-being-first-enough/#comment-308535 Mathew, A year ago I asked almost the same question: <a href="http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/06/21/would-you-rather-be-first-to-market-or-better/" rel="nofollow">Would You Rather Be First to Market or Better?</a> - except in my view Zoho has always been on the "better", not on the "first" side :-) (Fyi, I am now an advisor to Zoho, but not at the time of writing the above article) Mathew,

A year ago I asked almost the same question: Would You Rather Be First to Market or Better? - except in my view Zoho has always been on the “better”, not on the “first” side :-)

(Fyi, I am now an advisor to Zoho, but not at the time of writing the above article)

]]> By: Paddy Byers http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/21/zoho-offline-is-being-first-enough/#comment-308497 Paddy Byers Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:45:13 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/21/zoho-offline-is-being-first-enough/#comment-308497 I don't agree with the statement about half and hour; but - implementing offline support for read-only probably is very simple; - implementing offline support for read-write is probably considerably harder; - Google is most likely waiting for the latter to be complete before releasing either; - Google is probably prioritising Gears support for Gmail over Docs because there is certainly considerably greater demand for that. I'm a little surprised that Gears support for Gmail is taking so long, but remember that Gears itself is really at "alpha" quality - making such a key product as Gmail dependent on it at this early stage is probably not a risk worth taking. I don’t agree with the statement about half and hour; but

- implementing offline support for read-only probably is very simple;
- implementing offline support for read-write is probably considerably harder;
- Google is most likely waiting for the latter to be complete before releasing either;
- Google is probably prioritising Gears support for Gmail over Docs because there is certainly considerably greater demand for that.

I’m a little surprised that Gears support for Gmail is taking so long, but remember that Gears itself is really at “alpha” quality - making such a key product as Gmail dependent on it at this early stage is probably not a risk worth taking.

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