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Google & Sun Planning Web Office

Posted by CmdrTaco on 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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  1. Google is officially evil by jxs2151 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Google makes Taiwan a province of China in order to appease China and avoid being denied access to China's markets.

    Google makes Taiwan a privince of China

  2. Re:This is so much worse that MS Office by greg_barton · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This is moderator manipulated astroturfing. What is the probability that an AC would be moderated up twice for flamebait comments?

  3. Re:Google Conquers all by Lucractius · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I for one welcome our new Google Grid Overlords!

    All hail Googlezon!

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    XML - A clever joke would be here if /. didn't mangle tag brackets.
  4. Re:Google Conquers all by prostoalex · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How did $5/month suddenly become the sales quote of the day? Any pointers on that?

    And where do you find those average Joes who:
    (a) consistently buy every new version of Microsoft Office as soon as it comes out
    (b) are blissfully unaware that cheaper versions exist
    (c) think of GooSun when evaluating their spending rampage on office software