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Office2.0 – “Standalone” SaaS?!

Office2.0 applications become so ubiquitous, that I already use the term “standalone” for SaaS applications that run in a browser from a server, without any additional mashup or as a plugin within other applications…

EditGrid OnlineA funny thing happened today when I quickly hammered an email to my colleagues about Wikis. Detecon is currently looking into options for a corporate-wide Wiki. There are several problems with this: we have some legacy software we have to use, we have existing SAP and Microsoft Sharepoint solutions we probably have to use by demand of our big mothership, and we have everything from process consulting with management dashboard requirements to software developers with coding, version control, and peer review requirements.

But that’s beside the point now: I wrote about my outstanding experience with TeamPage by Traction and the awesome plugins for Confluence by Atlassian. Here is what I wrote without really thinking about it:

[...] Within Confluence, I liked the gliffy plugin (there is standalone version available at www.gliffy.com), as well as the great spreadsheet plugin EditGrid (also standalone here: www.editgrid.com), [...]

Holy moly: SaaS as a “standalone” version?! No, not offline, standalone. This is quite funny. I am actually working with office2.0 / web2.0 applications on such a regular basis, that for me “standalone” now already means if it runs in a web browser from a server, without any additional mashup or as a plugin within another application.

I wonder when installing an .exe file or running a Windows Installer feels like patching a Linux kernel….

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