For all you Web 2.0 enthusiasts, there is “Office 2.0″ conference being held in San Francisco this week.

http://www.office20con.com/

There definitely is a lot of euphoria and hype around web-hosted office applications, i am personally a bit skeptical when it come to adoption of these in enterprise sector anytime soon because

a) Functionality - Can web-based app match the functionality available on the desktop application?

b) Connectivity - We are still atleast 3-5 years away from Ubiquitious Wireless broadband becoming a reality in major business cities.

c) Security/Mindset - Regardless of what the Office 2.0 startups quote about data theft (they claim that majority of data/information theft is done by insiders), how comfortable will an enterprise be in storing their financial, planning and various other documents on a remote server?

BTW, if you are looking for rationale for why you should use Office 2.0, look here:

http://itredux.com/blog/2006/01/16/rationale-for-office-20/

May be in my next post, i will cover why i am still not convinced