[N3WBI3]

Sun and Google continues to leverage the opensource community..

[N3WBI3]

OSS PING

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[ShadowAce]

I have a difficult time relying on an outside party for availability of my apps. I'll keep Office software local. Also--what if I'm in a meeting (or somewhere else) with no Net access?

[dennisw]

The M$ people will be having a collective conniption fit. Another google triumph will be setting up San Francisco with wireless access city wide

[Golden Eagle]

GOOGLE & SUN OFFICE: THE WORLD CHANGES THIS WEEK

ROFL

[jjw]

Google has jumped the shark. (Stolen from an earlier thread about wifi access in San Fran).

[dennisw]

M$ makes more money off of Office than it does from O/S sales. This move is designed to break the unmerited stranglehold M$ has on the office suite market

Firms are being force fed the latest greatest most expensive edition of M$ Office when Open Office will do just fine for them

[rzeznikj at stout]

Looking at it from a business standpoint, it's good for everybody. This symbiotic relationship gives the cable/RoadRunner monopoly a serious run for its money--effectively making the industry cutthroat and lowering prices for the Joe Sixpack consumer.

Personally, as for the online WP software, I'd never use such an app on the Internet, but if it were on an intranet, probably.

Then again, the tech industry relies on innovation--regardless if we're proprietary or open-source. New products keeps tech alive--so much so that it's quite literally the lifeblood of the industry. It's good that OSS is leading the way in innovation--effectively keeping most everything functioning--even MS! ;)

[ExDemSince92]

To me, this sort of sounds like a solution looking for a problem.

[decal]

"GOOGLE & SUN OFFICE: THE WORLD CHANGES THIS WEEK"

Does Will (Legend In my Own Mind) Pitt know about this??

[Petronski]

If it can't be downloaded and run locally (offline), it will die on the vine.


If it CAN be so downloaded, give me a link!