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IBM To Publish Java Office Suite

Posted by timothy on from the what-if-the-network's-down dept.

prostoalex writes "The Big Blue will bundle J2EE-based word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation graphics applications in its WebSphere portal. What's more interesting is that the package is server-side, with functionality of the application being delivered to the user over the network. Both CRN (linked above) and The Register considered that a major move against MSFT."

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  1. 100% FREE! by BrookHarty · · Score: 5, Funny

    Free, 100% Free, when you buy our $580,000 WebSphere Portal software/server combo!

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  2. Re:Can they make it any slower? by c.emmertfoster · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sure. They could have chosen to write it in Whitespace instead of Java.

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  3. Why bother? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just let the user connect with ssh and use vi.

  4. Re:This is a return to 1980 by Hektor_Troy · · Score: 4, Funny
    Just because a computing model is old doesn't mean that it's outdated.
    Sure it does! Just like everything else. Just look at that stupid idea called "the wheel" ... it's horribly outdated and we have better options now! Lots of better options! Like ... triangles!
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  5. Re:Wasn't corel going to do this? by IamTheRealMike · · Score: 2, Funny
    Want my opinion? Java version of Word Perfect runs better on Linux than that Wine-enhanced native Linux version they released ever did.

    I read an interview with some of the people working on the Wine version of Corels stuff, and they claimed that it had been pushed out far earlier than the development team wanted. Apparently there was an internal service pack, never released, that really brought things up to scratch.

  6. Re:Oracle tried a few years back by thebatlab · · Score: 2, Funny

    no wonder it never saw the light of day. they don't even know how many goals are in a hat-trick ;)