Document Sharing

Google Docs and Other Document Sharing Programs: Is this the future of all software products?

I don't believe that this sort of document-sharing platform is appropriate in every instance, at least in cases where confidentiality is an issue. Certain sensitive information (e.g., medical, human resources) will most likely be safer on a single computer or a password-protected shared network drive within an institution.

That said, the convenience of being able to share information and collaborate on documents is very useful -- particularly as more and more of us work from home, collaborate from geographically distant offices, different time zones, etc. The fact that several different document-sharing programs are developing (and evolving in their sophistication) suggests that the tools will be available to fulfill the need in the upcoming years.

So, while I don't think that on-line document sharing will be useful in absolutely every situation, I can see it becoming more and more the norm.