Harry McCracken has a review of Zoho at Slate.com. In an article titled "The Best Way To Do Work Online, A Web-based office suite that bests Google and Microsoft", Harry concludes that 'if anyone needs a full-fledged online office suite right this very minute, it is Zoho'. From his article :
Zoho is, like Google Apps, a Web-based productivity suite. The biggest difference between them will be obvious the first time you visit the Zoho home page. Unlike Apps and most other would-be Office killers, the Zoho suite has all of the applications you expect: a word processor, a spreadsheet program, a presentation package, e-mail, and a calendar. There are also Zoho modules for databases and managing projects. And there are even tools with no counterpart in Microsoft Office, such as one for building wikis.
While they don't replicate every function of their Microsoftian counterparts, Zoho's programs are highly evolved by online standards. Zoho Writer, for instance, handles basic graphics and lists with aplomb, incorporates tools for Web-page design and blogging, and offers multiple levels of undo. Like many of the best Web applications, it makes collaboration painless, letting you share documents selectively or post them on the Web with a few clicks. And while the Zoho applications are inaccessible when you're offline, plug-ins for Word and Excel let you save and open documents from your online Zoho file repository. That means it's a snap to use Zoho when you've got a Net connection and Office when you don't.
Thanks to Harry and Slate!
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