Online Office Suites - Comparisons & Reviews

Computer World (January 17, 2007) ran an extensive comparison between Ajax13, Google Docs & Spreadsheets, ThinkFree Online and Zoho Office Suite. Computer World focused on the word processor and spreadsheet functionality of each suite. If you're concerned about compatibility with MSOffice documents, they recommend ThinkFree.

Time included Zoho, ThinkFree and Ajax13 in their 50 Best Websites of 2007. They rated all three at 22.

ReadWriteWeb (June 19, 2007) concluded that while there's a long way to go yet, Zoho, ThinkFree and Zimbra are all impressive.

Individual Reviews:

ZOHO: ExtremeTech, Web 2.0 Journal, ITWeek, vnunet.com.
Ajax13: PC Advisor, PC World, Good Gear Guide, Webware.
ThinkFree: C|Net, Information Week, PC Magazine, Linux.com.
Zimbra: eWeek, Linux.com, CBR Online, Information Week.
Office Live: Online Tech Tips, C|Net, PC Magazine, ZDNet.
Google Docs: Computer World, Search Engine Watch, C|Net, UTexas.

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To organize yourself and your affairs, investigate Brim and Simple Groupware. To track the progress of tasks, projects and group activities investigate Dot Project. To better manage your customers and prospects, check out SugarCRM. All of these applications enable multiple users if you want to get your entire staff onine, or can be used as your private office espace.