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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."

2 of 229 comments (clear)

  1. J2EE? by mparaz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Doesn't "J2EE" refer to a server-side app, and not desktop software? Or will the desktop app just be a front end to a J2EE system. Enterprise java bean paragraph formatting, hmmm...

  2. in prison? by vivek7006 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The original word processor for the IBM PC, EasyWriter, was written in prison by one John Draper

    That is interesting. So he had a PC in prison!