Comments on: Death March on Google Apps http://www.yourdonreport.com/index.php/2007/09/22/death-march-on-google-apps/ Blogging the impact of computer-related technology trends, and whatever else catches my interest. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:22:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rob Harmer http://www.yourdonreport.com/index.php/2007/09/22/death-march-on-google-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-24883 Rob Harmer Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:13:18 +0000 http://www.yourdonreport.com/index.php/2007/09/22/death-march-on-google-apps/#comment-24883 Make Sure You Read the Fine Print before making a Career (or Income) Limiting Move - to see why see the article at http://www.pcprofile.com/Office_Collaboration.pdf that I wrote some months ago on the topic. Great tool, great concept, BUT it has a big downside for the unwary. It's not as plain sailing as many would like to believe. If you want to share your IP with the rest of the world and have it all over servers everywhere, go for it, but those of us that make a living out of IP matters, it's a real issue. It's an even bigger issue if you want to have commercial secrets and decide to collaborate using Google Apps, the Ts and Cs will kill you, and not with laughter! Are you aware that for anything you load up into Google Apps you immediately grant a license to Google to use in any way they so choose? Read their fine print. Whilst you might own the IP, you are also assigning them rights to it as well! Is that what you had in mind for confidential documents, spreadsheets, presentations etc? I suspect not. Use Google Apps with caution! Make Sure You Read the Fine Print before
making a Career (or Income) Limiting Move
- to see why see the article at http://www.pcprofile.com/Office_Collaboration.pdf that I wrote some months ago on the topic.

Great tool, great concept, BUT it has a big downside for the unwary. It’s not as plain sailing as many would like to believe.

If you want to share your IP with the rest of the world and have it all over servers everywhere, go for it, but those of us that make a living out of IP matters, it’s a real issue.

It’s an even bigger issue if you want to have commercial secrets and decide to collaborate using Google Apps, the Ts and Cs will kill you, and not with laughter!

Are you aware that for anything you load up into Google Apps you immediately grant a license to Google to use in any way they so choose? Read their fine print.

Whilst you might own the IP, you are also assigning them rights to it as well!

Is that what you had in mind for confidential documents, spreadsheets, presentations etc?

I suspect not.

Use Google Apps with caution!

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