Google Apps vs Microsoft Office...no comparison!

I regularly see commentary on the comparison of Microsoft Office to Google Apps.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/cloudservicesexperts/
http://googlewatch.eweek.com/content/google_vs_microsoft/microsofts_poaching_of_serena_from_google_apps_is_a_big_deal.html
If we cut through the rhetoric, the Microsoft cloud offerings are traditional offerings in the cloud. More importantly, they are products that are designed to integrate traditional and cloud.

Yeh, so what?
It is a product for customers who think they want cloud, but don't really know what they want. 

Really what cloud computing offers is something different...with one catch, it requires a commitment or desire to change. It is an unfamiliar environment, hosting multiple vendors and necessitating unique business processes.The upside of this shift is the promise of flexibility, scalability and most importantly innovation.

I think this is where Google Apps sits.
A half baked product, hard to control, with a vague risk profile. But for those that understand this chaos, there is a world of opportunity.

Mature Google Apps users, are running Cordys to develop workflow, Salesforce to facilitate CRM and finances, Zoho to drive database functionality, Avairy for graphic design, Youtube for employee training, Wave for BP collaboration & design...and so on.

Google Apps is a platform, no an application.

Microsoft Online is not competing in this space.
They have a controlled environment, single vendor, common recognisable process, and freature products for rich content creation (Office Suite).

I think commentators sometimes confuse Google Docs and Google Apps.
Microsoft Office Suite is a superior product to Google Docs.

Office essentially is the Microsoft offering, however Docs is only a minor part of the Google offering. Comparisons that attempt to predict a winner just doesn't add up.