Cloud Version of OpenOffice In the Works 71
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timothy
from the rather-like-the-non-cloud-version dept.
from the rather-like-the-non-cloud-version dept.
An anonymous reader writes "The Apache Foundation revealed in Sinsheim, Germany their plans for a cloud version of OpenOffice.org based on HTML5. Chinese and German engineers use OpenOffice in 'headless' mode as a base."
Let me guess... (Score:5, Insightful)
It will load sloooooooooooowly, look like the rich text editor Hotmail had in 2003 and require Java(tm) even though it's HTML5 based? /ducks
Re:who will host it? (Score:4, Insightful)
Since it's open source software, currently part of Apache, wouldn't the "cloud" portion of it also be open source? Then you could just download it and have a local OOo server on your LAN. I would love that ability.
Re:Hey, guys, at least... (Score:4, Insightful)
I am not too sure why would need a Cloud version of OpenOffice. A Cloud MS office makes sense as a subscription service you can pay a smaller amount per month/year or whatever vs paying a lot for the full version. OpenOffice is free. You are more or less going to be better off with a local version.
I am not one of those hate cloud everything. But for office tools you are better off it being a local app unless you cannot afford what you need.