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Collabora and OwnCloud Announce LibreOffice Online (itworld.com)

Posted by Soulskill on from the because-why-not dept.

sfcrazy writes: Collabora Productivity, a UK-based consulting company, has collaborated with ownCloud Inc. to release a developer edition of online LibreOffice, which they call CODE (Collabora Online Development Edition). "The office suite implementation runs on ownCloud server. That's where all the processing and heavy lifting is done. The rendering happens at the client side. Currently there are three apps: writer (equivalent to MS Word), spreadsheet (Excel) and presentation (PowerPoint). At the moment users can create new documents and edit them. Other functionality, such as collaborative editing, is in the pipeline."

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  1. Why? by jellomizer · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I like LibreOffice, It is my default tool. But the reason why I like it is because it installs on my PC, so I can use it without internet. If I want a cloud office tools I would go with office. And not deal with compatibility issues.

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    1. Re:Why? by watermark · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Why do you choose LibreOffice over Microsoft Office? In your answer to that question, I think you will find your answer to your original question.

    2. Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Mainly because there isn't a reasonable replacement for Office type compatibility with Linux. "Oh, but you can run Windows in a VM" can go fuck itself.

      I currently use OwnCloud to share documents with my wife and kid because we don't keep the same hours and are often in different countries. It's really awesome that OC has gotten robust enough to handle editing via the web...saves a few steps (which helps out the wife and kid).

      Oh, and regarding your compatibility issues - if M$ bothered to accept open document formats instead of insisting on its proprietary crap I'd play along, but as is Office is hella expensive for simple home use type shit, so M$ can fuck itself along with their VM.

  2. I don't get this by hackertourist · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's easy to see why commercial software providers would want to push users toward the cloud: they get to charge subscriptions instead of a one-time buy.
    But for users, there aren't any compelling advantages that I can see.
    Sure, you outsource software maintenance, and if all goes right availability could be higher. But that comes at a high price: your data being exposed, absolute reliance on your internet connection, no control over e.g. the upgrade schedule, no more communication between applications etc.
    Being able to access my documents from anywhere is no argument. My laptop goes everywhere with me, so I already have that without having to store my documents on the cloud.