Google Docs

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4 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Dec 7, 2020 by Bernadette Kevins · said 18 times in 6 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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Everything said about Google Docs, oldest first

Dec 7, 2020 negative
Opinion
Kevins: Google Docs is a joke
“Google Docs is a joke.”
Bernadette Kevins Dec 7, 2020 ▶ 16:22 Slack, Salesforce and the future of work
Jul 5, 2021 positive
Insight
Evans: Work software is migrating from horizontal files to integrated workflows
“One of them is that you go from sort of horizontal model of I've got files stored in some way, and they may be files in a folder on There may be an Excel file, or there may be a Google Sheet document, but it's still a file, basically, and email, and links to e…”
Benedict Evans Jul 5, 2021 ▶ 11:12 'Digital transformation' - beyond the silly slogan
Sep 19, 2022 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Evans: Figma will grow to replace all of Photoshop and Illustrator
“This is clearly an existential question because this thing is going to grow. You know, it is going to grow, expand and take over all of Photoshop and all of Illustrator. It's going to be the better way of doing that in a way that Google docs never really did f…”
Benedict Evans Sep 19, 2022 ▶ 12:49 Figma, unbundling and $20bn of antitrust
Sep 19, 2022 neutral
Assertion Supported
Evans: Google Docs never displaced Office for analysts and lawyers
“Google Docs never unseated office or word for financial analysts or lawyers who actually needed those very, very specific sets of features.”
Benedict Evans Sep 19, 2022 ▶ 4:43 Figma, unbundling and $20bn of antitrust
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