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AjaxWrite to "Compete" with MS Word

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the crashed-my-browser dept.

prostoalex writes "Michael Robertson (of MP3.com, Linspire, SIPPhone, GizmoProject and MP3Tunes.com fame) is launching a Web-only competitor to Microsoft Office by creating a suite of applications replicating Microsoft Office look and feel. From the posting: "But ajaxWrite is just the start. We have a library of applications we have been working on to replace most of the standard PC software titles. Every week we will launch a new sophisticated program on Wednesday at 12:00 PST on ajaxlaunch.com. These programs will push the boundaries of what people believe is possible today with web-delivered software. These programs look and operate much like their traditional software cousins, but are cross-platform, loaded dynamically, and are available to users at no charge. I'm convinced if you try a few of these products you will understand how the software business will fundamentally change." ajaxWrite is the first launched product."

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  1. Please stop slashdotting my MS-Word! by TobyWong · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Pretty please?

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    - Toby
  2. died already? by timelady · · Score: 0, Redundant

    dammit people please let me poke something before its slashdotted;) server won't play nicely. get to ajaxwrite page, but actual application server is too busy.....

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    Nothing - well thats something.
  3. It didn't work for me by twfry · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Apparently IE is not supported at all, any version of it. Doesn't that strike people as an unnecessary limitation?

  4. This is very very depressing by Hans+Oesterholt · · Score: 0, Redundant

    When will people stop overestimating what they've created?
    This cannot be called a descent word processor! When did
    the creator of this "word processor" check Microsofts Word
    the last time? Before 1992?

    "Bye Bye Microsoft Word, Hello ajaxWrite" I consider
    this to be utterly stupid. I can imagine that over a few
    years time, this spike could grow into a real word processor,
    but please, be honest about what AjaxWrite is. And it's not
    much yet.