Comments on: The Segway Of Software http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/02/the-segway-of-software.html chris rue's headquarters for truth, justice & it pros Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:26:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Chris Knight http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/02/the-segway-of-software.html#comment-18312 Chris Knight Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:33:32 +0000 http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/02/the-segway-of-software.html#comment-18312 We'll quietly ignore the fact that the person responsible for inflicting us with Lotus Notes, Groove and now Microsoft Mesh is now the Chief Software Architect for Microsoft... We’ll quietly ignore the fact that the person responsible for inflicting us with Lotus Notes, Groove and now Microsoft Mesh is now the Chief Software Architect for Microsoft…

]]> By: Liz http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/02/the-segway-of-software.html#comment-15227 Liz Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:15:20 +0000 http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/02/the-segway-of-software.html#comment-15227 RE: I find myself having to make a conscious decision to ignore all the stuff that is going on in a Groove workspace WRONG!!!!!!!!!!! I can't ingore email!!! Groove I know is neatly tucked in my corner of my screen and I choose my alert levels and know that all the back and forth is on one place with chats, with photos with other docs. WHEN i choose to I will go into the workspace to ''catch up'' More later dude. Try checking out http://www.grooveit.biz/en/foroutlook/testimonials.aspx RE: I find myself having to make a conscious decision to ignore all the stuff that is going on in a Groove workspace

WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t ingore email!!! Groove I know is neatly tucked in my corner of my screen and I choose my alert levels and know that all the back and forth is on one place with chats, with photos with other docs. WHEN i choose to I will go into the workspace to ”catch up”

More later dude. Try checking out http://www.grooveit.biz/en/foroutlook/testimonials.aspx

]]> By: Jackie http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/02/the-segway-of-software.html#comment-14088 Jackie Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:36:55 +0000 http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/02/the-segway-of-software.html#comment-14088 Chris is right 'bout Groove stinks at collaboration. I tried it with my wife to plan our wedding. Not that great and that was only with 5 or so people. Imagine 20 or more! My biggest strike is that the actual location of files in a workspace are saved in some obscure location deep with in App Data? How can I encourage my project management type clients to use Groove and also ensure that their data is safe with this being the case. Also how safe is the data anyways being "P2P'd" around like that? Chris is wrong 'bout Groove sucks! It has saved my day! Let me explain. I mainly use Groove to collaborate with myself! My solution of toting USB disks back and forth constantly. I only use the "File Sharing Workspace" only. Yes I don't use the Workspaces but instead have a useful structure of "file sharing folders" on a secondary drive by itself @ Work PC. It's awesome actually! I have the same files on my work PC, my Home laptop, a NAS drive, even my wifes laptop (She gets to be in my Groove circle LOL). If I see a document or tool on the web - where ever I am - home? or work? anywhere? I just save it in a Groove folder and it is sync'd in the background with all of these locations. Now if I have a hard drive failure - no problem - I did have a hard drive failure! I simply replaced the drive re-setup the Groove Folders and voila - after a "long while" all is the same again! As with any P2P software remember one best practice: Defrag often and carefully! :-) Sorry for the belated and long post Chris... just wanted to add my story. Thx Chris is right ’bout Groove stinks at collaboration. I tried it with my wife to plan our wedding. Not that great and that was only with 5 or so people. Imagine 20 or more! My biggest strike is that the actual location of files in a workspace are saved in some obscure location deep with in App Data? How can I encourage my project management type clients to use Groove and also ensure that their data is safe with this being the case. Also how safe is the data anyways being “P2P’d” around like that?

Chris is wrong ’bout Groove sucks! It has saved my day! Let me explain. I mainly use Groove to collaborate with myself! My solution of toting USB disks back and forth constantly. I only use the “File Sharing Workspace” only. Yes I don’t use the Workspaces but instead have a useful structure of “file sharing folders” on a secondary drive by itself @ Work PC. It’s awesome actually! I have the same files on my work PC, my Home laptop, a NAS drive, even my wifes laptop (She gets to be in my Groove circle LOL). If I see a document or tool on the web - where ever I am - home? or work? anywhere? I just save it in a Groove folder and it is sync’d in the background with all of these locations. Now if I have a hard drive failure - no problem - I did have a hard drive failure! I simply replaced the drive re-setup the Groove Folders and voila - after a “long while” all is the same again!

As with any P2P software remember one best practice: Defrag often and carefully! :-) Sorry for the belated and long post Chris… just wanted to add my story. Thx

]]> By: chris http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/02/the-segway-of-software.html#comment-13338 chris Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:47:27 +0000 http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/02/the-segway-of-software.html#comment-13338 @ David... Nope. For 2 reasons: 1. MS doesn't pay me for the things in my head. 2. They wouldn't listen anyway. Pearls before swine, ya know? @ David…

Nope. For 2 reasons:

1. MS doesn’t pay me for the things in my head.
2. They wouldn’t listen anyway.

Pearls before swine, ya know?

]]> By: David Schrag http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/02/the-segway-of-software.html#comment-13290 David Schrag Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:10:11 +0000 http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/02/the-segway-of-software.html#comment-13290 Care to elaborate? For example, what sorts of things were you trying to do with Groove? Other than resolving name conflicts, what specific problems did you have? And what are the much better alternatives? Care to elaborate? For example, what sorts of things were you trying to do with Groove? Other than resolving name conflicts, what specific problems did you have? And what are the much better alternatives?

]]> By: jim b http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/02/the-segway-of-software.html#comment-13254 jim b Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:30:24 +0000 http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/02/the-segway-of-software.html#comment-13254 Lotus Notes was such a cool thing in 1994. I do not believe Microsoft yet has a tool as cool as that product. OS2 which it ran on was a bit of a bear though but it had some logic to it. Lotus Notes was such a cool thing in 1994. I do not believe Microsoft yet has a tool as cool as that product. OS2 which it ran on was a bit of a bear though but it had some logic to it.

]]> By: Tim Long http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/02/the-segway-of-software.html#comment-13253 Tim Long Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:59:09 +0000 http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/02/the-segway-of-software.html#comment-13253 <strong>Into The Groove?...</strong> Chris Rue has a stinging appraisal of Groove over at the funcave. "Groove has to be the worst software... Into The Groove?…

Chris Rue has a stinging appraisal of Groove over at the funcave. "Groove has to be the worst software…

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