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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. Re:OOOOOH! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And it's Java (TM) so you know it'll sucks eggs.

    You know, in english, we like to conjugate our verbs so they line up with the noun that's 'doing' them. In this case you say "it'll sucks eggs" which I take to mean "it will suck eggs"-- where you went wrong is probably when you began taking English lessons from that guy who translated 'Zero Wing' into English.

    Someone set up us the bomb!

  2. 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...

  3. 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!

  4. idiocy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    goatse!!!