from a thread on Linked In

I am glad somebody had started this thread because it reminded me of what i regard is the true power of groove to make business computing better, as well as a means for all Partners to value add to clients legacy systems, and hence revenue for all.

1. Groove is a user level collab tool that does 80% of sttuff needed out of the box - TRUE and hence of immense value in the workplace at all levels.

2. Groove is a platform on which to build next generation Tools and true distributed ERP solutions, real time Point of Sales .... TRUE we have done these for real and they are spectacular in the ROI to the company in instant business intelligence as well as one point data entry and zero overhead costs.

3. But Groove is also the best last-mile extender to current and enev traditional legacy systems of any kind. Take a popular accounting system, or Navision for example as that is doing well in India. You cannot deploy an ERP to a small 50 person factory that actually makes your garments. But you can deploy a groove form, with no replication servers, no admin, no special IT skills etc. The end user only has to fill in daily status Forms and this data is reflected isntantly at HO. At that end a simple VB.NET connector to groove via Web Services, extracts data in real time and updates the backend database. All seamless. We will relase a generic Tool for this process next week that you can all try for free :-)

you can even use groove folder share to sync application data across locations if carefully handled. So accounting data entry in remote factories can be mirrored at HO for just a Rs 5,000/- one time cost and of-course the PC. Nothing else is needed except for an internet line, that is welcome to fail 10 times a day. Groove never misses a beat, never loses or corrupts data, and is in fact certified by the US DoD for battlefield worthiness.

So a low cost Tool, 100% reliable, 100% secure from interception of any kind, is the way for computing to truly penetrate a country like india, or in fact mirror the real world of business, distributed, across countries and time zones.
So one must stop thinking of groove as a single product - it is a capability that did not exist before and opens up the door to the computing and working model of the future. Factories connected across anywhere, to people working from home if needed, to decision making that is quick and accurate because the data is good quality and current.