GOOGLE & SUN OFFICE: THE WORLD CHANGES THIS WEEK

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Mr. Analog

October 04, 2005, 08:02:40 AM
Get ready folks, Google and Sun Office are teaming up bring us an Office Suite based on OpenOffice available via the Web Browser (!). (a few choice links here). As someone who in the past helped try to bring Word "onto the web" I can geniuinely say that Google/Sun finally "get it"; that there is a need for an architected way of getting office productivity software online.



Kiss my ass InfoPath!



P.S. Google now pwns the solar system: Google Earth, Google Moon, Google Sun :D
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Shayne

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October 04, 2005, 08:20:55 AM
Ya, im well aware of how well a "windows app" for the net works :P

Mr. Analog

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October 04, 2005, 08:24:06 AM
I've had it up to "here" with automating office on the server ;) (a reporting tool I work with now also automates Word on the server *ugh*)



HOOTCHIE MAMA!
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Darren Dirt

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October 04, 2005, 12:01:42 PM
Quote from: "Mr. Analog"Get ready folks, Google and Sun Office are teaming up bring us an Office Suite based on OpenOffice available via the Web Browser (!). (http://google-blog.dirson.com/post.new/0285/)





GOOGLE & SUN OFFICE: THE WORLD CHANGES THIS WEEK

[Oct 4, 2005] Google & Sun are to announce an Office Suite based on OpenOffice, and accesible via webbrowser, according to Jonathan Schwartz --President and COO of Sun Microsystems-- (the original title of his post was "The World changes this week").



It's probably the beginning of the WebOS, an Operating System based on the Web.



UPDATED: Some interesting links:

:: Sun president: PCs are so yesterday

:: Google Office wishlist: seamless Web storage, great built-in search, integration with other Google tools, a truly better user interface, true browser-based operation

:: Some web-based Office tools: Kiko, Num Sum, Writely.



UPDATED 2: Google and Sun had agreed to a multi-year pact to distribute Sun's software technologies that offer a potential alternative to Microsoft's dominance of business users' desktops. These technologies are 'Java Desktop' and 'OpenOffice'.





Also see (re. "WebOS") -- http://www.kottke.org/05/08/googleos-webos
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Darren Dirt

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October 04, 2005, 12:43:24 PM
This relatively-recent Google employee has a blog entry that will raise eyebrows for those of us who know who are long-term veterans of serious DHTML work:



http://www.youngpup.net/2005/0924010114



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"Erik joins Google"

Saturday, September 24, 2005 - 1:01:14 PM



Yes, that Erik! (http://webfx.eae.net/)



I've been waiting for months to announce that Erik Arvidsson was on board, and finally can. If you don't know Erik's work, you should check it out. Most of the webfx code was written probably between 2001 and 2003-ish, but it still holds up.



For the past couple years, he's instead been focused on Bindows, a complete desktop-style GUI toolkit in DHTML.



Neil just started, Erik starts next monday, and Daniel (http://pupius.co.uk/) and Glen (http://glenmurphy.com/) show up later next month. It's going to be an interesting year!






Wow, Google is taking this seriously... I feel almost ashamed I've never heard of some of those guys, or http://dojotoolkit.org/ , http://www.jot.com, etc., but looks like "YoungPup" guy's job is to know about them, find them, and recruit them  8)
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October 05, 2005, 12:40:13 PM
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Shayne

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October 05, 2005, 01:20:11 PM
I can 100% agree with the need for a cheaper Office suite.  Microsoft Office is rather hugely expensive.



However when you compare Office 2003 with OpenOffice 2.0 you can see why Microsofts costs money, and well, OpenOffice does not.



I use OpenOffice at home, its free, small footprint, familiar layout and tools.  However thats just it, im getting a free app thats a direct clone of Microsoft Office 2000.  I'd like to see some inovation.



From what ive seen in the screenshots of Office 12, it truely is a massive leap forward.  Microsoft saw the presure of other suites and products and has reacted.



Now, something to keep in mind.  Having everyone in the office, and all your clients able to read an edit a format is important.  Saving your documents as an .odf (i think thats what it is) and then sent to somebody with Microsoft Office wont have a clue what to do with it.  While sure you can save your OO document in MO format, it doesnt retain 100% precision.



When distributing documents i use pdf.  However when i gotta send something out for editting and approval, its always in a Microsoft .doc format.

Melbosa

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October 06, 2005, 04:07:13 PM
According to Forbes, the whole Google/Sun office thingy is just speculation:

http://www.forbes.com/businesstech/2005/10/05/microsoft-google-sun-microsystems-cx_ld_1005microsoft.html



Quote"Rather than going after Microsoft Office, the two companies announced a relatively modest agreement to co-promote technologies like [Sun's] Java and the Google Toolbar," wrote Drew Brosseau of SG Cowen & Co. He points out that "Google announced no actual commitment to [Sun's] OpenOffice, other than to consider promoting it."
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