[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for small business

[Rob Beard]

On 27/07/10 21:33, Grant Sewell wrote:

> You could go down the Google Apps route - mail, document space with the
> ability to share between users (and have them work on the document
> simultaneously, which takes a bit of getting used to).  There are
> plenty of CRM and ERP systems that integrate with the Google Apps
> "single sign-on" way of things.  Since you can enable IMAP/SMTP support
> relatively easily, you don't have to use the GMail interface for mail -
> you can use whatever client you want, so having Ubuntu on the desktop
> would be relatively easy.
>
> Grant.
>

Isn't that kind of relying on the internet connection being stable all 
the time though?

As much as I like the idea, I'd be worried about getting access to my 
documents with no internet connection.

Rob