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Google Hiring Programmers to Work on OpenOffice

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the money-and-open-source-like-peas-and-carrots dept.

massysett writes "Google is hiring programmers to work on OpenOffice.org. "We use a fair amount of open-source software at Google. We want to make sure that's a healthy community. And we want to make sure open source preserves competitiveness within the industry," said Google's manager for open-source software. Perhaps Google's work will address an oft-heard complaint about OO.o: "Google believes it can help OpenOffice--perhaps working to pare down the software's memory requirements or its mammoth 80MB download size.""

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  1. Re:It's been a while.... by AKAImBatman · · Score: 5, Informative

    So, the Word Processor component is only ~5MB.

    Yet OOo is:

    Word Processor
    SpreadSheet
    Presentation
    Drawing App
    Math App
    Database App w/Database

    Using the same 5MB per calculation, I get 30MB (6x5MB). Now add in a boatload more features, all with cool icons, plus some snazzy templates and clipart, and you can get it up there in no time flat.

    Which isn't to say that there isn't still bloat in OOo. But it's not so significant that it should matter.

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  2. Re:So much for Mac support by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Apple's customers are like no others -- a rich blend of the most sociologically elite with those seeking elegant, simple computing. ... Unlike users of Intel/Windows computers, a significant portion of Apple's users are active, exploratory, avant-garde and early adopters. The activities they enjoy are unique in the the way that they more often incorporate rich media such as video and music as well as more active prosumer behavior than many more passive Windows users.

    -- MetaFacts, Inc.


    With above-average household income and education levels, the Mac population [is] very attractive [intellectually as well as physically.]

    -- Nielsen/NetRatings (as quoted by C|NET)