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IBM To Announce Web-Based Desktop Apps

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday May 10, 2004 @02:25AM 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).

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Wouhou by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-10 02:26 · Score: -1, Offtopic

First post ;)
FP! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-10 02:27 · Score: -1, Offtopic

FP is in the Wikipedia! Another great article for you to enjoy!
1. Re:FP! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-10 02:29 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Hi there, 65.35.84.41!
MOD PARENT UP, INJUN LOVERS! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-10 02:32 · Score: -1, Offtopic

That's a mighty insightful comment.
Re:Office.NET by Chemicalscum · 2004-05-10 02:44 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I don't want Lonhorn on my desktop !
What about network downtime? by Brobock · 2004-05-10 02:50 · Score: 0, Offtopic

What if your network goes down for any reason. This could really harm productivity. I know when situations like this occur in my workplace we are still able to do what we must on our local machines.