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IBM To Announce Web-Based Desktop Apps

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the tried-before dept.

mgoulding writes "IBM is expected to announce a software bundle targeted to business users that will challenge the Microsoft Office package. Unlike Office, the email, word-processing, spreadsheet, and database products will be accessible to Linux, Unix, and heldheld users through a web server. NewsFeed posts the story from CNET." It's certainly something that's been tried before - witness sites like MyWebOS (no longer existing).

3 of 322 comments (clear)

  1. FUCK SLASHDOT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
  2. More Indian Developed Shit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Oh gee thanks IBM ... why don't you take that curry smelling garbage and shove it up your own ass!

  3. OpenOffice.us by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The company Axis Productions has created a version of OpenOffice.org that uses XUL and PHP. They call it OpenOffice.us.

    To use it, just click here in any mozilla based browser (that includes firefox, netscape and epiphany)