Google & Sun Planning Web Office

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Google & Sun Planning Web Office

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday October 4, 2005 @01:00AM from the i'll-believe-it-when-i-see-it dept.

astrab writes "According to this post at Dirson's blog, Google and Sun Microsystems are to announce a new and kick-ass webtool: an Office Suite based on Sun's OpenOffice and accesible with your browser. Today at 10:30h (Pacific Time) two companies are holding a conference with more details, but Jonathan Schwartz (President of Sun Microsystems) claimed on Saturday on this post of his blog that "the world is about to change this week", predicting new ways to access software."

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Google Conquers all by LiquidCoooled · 2005-10-04 01:02 · Score: 5, Funny

[X] Google Earth [X] Google Moon [X] Google Sun Looks like we live in a google universe.

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1. Re:Google Conquers all by famebait · 2005-10-04 01:04 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Yes I make mistakes. Don't we all?
  
  I dno't.
  
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2. Re:Google Conquers all by Stile+65 · 2005-10-04 02:00 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  You say "Gmail's early days" like it's already out of beta or something... :)
  
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3. Re:Google Conquers all by PhilHibbs · 2005-10-04 02:21 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  In other news, 36.2% of all other parallel universes all named themselves "Googleverse", the other 63.8% of universes don't have a Google. Inhabitants of these other universes began to seek ways of travelling between unniverses on release of this news. Ironically, their efforts are hampered by not having a Google search engine to help in thier research.
Blog blogblog! by generic-man · 2005-10-04 01:03 · Score: 5, Funny

I don't mean to blog, but I totally blogged this yesterblog. Take that, blogosphere!

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Wow by Lisandro · 2005-10-04 01:03 · Score: 5, Funny

I live in another hemisphere and i can hear the guys at Microsoft developing an ulcer!

Seriously, if this is true, things are going to get pretty interesting...
Not this online crap again... by Digital+Vomit · 2005-10-04 01:09 · Score: 5, Funny

An online office suite? This is going to be bigger than Microsoft Bob!

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Terrible Disruption in the FORCE by putko · 2005-10-04 01:19 · Score: 5, Funny

I'm feeling a terrible disruption in the force --- it is as if a million chairs just got thrown out a window.

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Great! by SPYvSPY · 2005-10-04 01:21 · Score: 5, Funny

Let's put "critical software for airports" on a remote server so airport employees can work from home! I can't see any problems with that idea at all!
Re:Microsoft's Worst Fear by Alranor · 2005-10-04 01:24 · Score: 5, Funny

MS won't do the extra effort to brake their OS more on SUN h/w then on the others.

To be fair though, Microsoft don't seem to have to put any particular effort into making their OS break, it just kinda happens.
Re:What if? by Anonymous Coward · 2005-10-04 01:44 · Score: 5, Funny

Yeah!! And what if in their secret underground labs they're working on a new hypermatter engine that could transport children and chia pets to distant stars in seconds??? I mean, they're partnering with and draining away talent from NASA, and they have like a kajillion dollars, so they could do it!!!