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Java Developer Says He Built, Launched Basic Open Source Office Suite In 30 Days

Posted by Soulskill on from the quick-and-dirty dept.

alphadogg writes "A freelance Java developer claims it took him only 30 days to build and launch a basic open source office suite that runs on multiple OSes. Called Joeffice, it works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux as well as in browsers, according to the developer, Anthony Goubard. It includes a very basic word processor, spreadsheet program, presentation program and database software, Goubard said. The office suite was built with NetBeans and uses many popular open source Java libraries. That allowed him to built the program in 30 days, he said, a process that he documented daily on YouTube (video). The suite was released as an alpha version, which means that not everything works yet. Goubard's Amsterdam company, Japplis, launched the suite, which is available under an Apache 2.0 license. This license allows companies to change and redistribute the code internally without having to share the new code publicly, he said."

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  1. In Java? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    But, he coded it in Java? Nooooooooo

  2. Built with Netbeans by digitaltraveller · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's proof he is lying. Even the developer's of netbeans don't use netbeans.

    1. Re:Built with Netbeans by hcs_$reboot · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, he says he used Netbeans to justify the 30 days. Otherwise the whole development process would have taken only 15.

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    2. Re:Built with Netbeans by maxwell+demon · · Score: 5, Funny

      They are termed document classes in LaTeX, not themes.

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  3. Re:Sills will be all over this. by maxwell+demon · · Score: 4, Funny

    What? You say that an application developed in 30 days is not as good as one developed in 30 years? Heretic!

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  4. Re:30 days? by maxwell+demon · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's because Facebook wasn't written in Java. ;-)

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  5. Here's my office suit, written in 3 minutes in C by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    #include
    void main() {
      printf("Basic office suite\n");
    }

    As you can see, it was possible to program this office suite so quickly because I used libraries. Note: this is an alpha release and some features aren't finished yet.

  6. Nothing New by Grashnak · · Score: 1, Funny

    EA has been putting less than 30 days of work into its titles for years. At least, that's how they feel.

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  7. Re:Here's my office suit, written in 3 minutes in by maxwell+demon · · Score: 5, Funny

    You needed 3 minutes to write that code?

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  8. Re:Sills will be all over this. by greg1104 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The current version is only slightly preferable to being buggered with a cactus

    They call that a ribbon now.