On 2013-10-22, at 14:11 , Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On 2013-10-22, at 13:38 , Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 9:42 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 2013-10-21, at 18:28 , Ian Lynch <ianrly...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Given the number of Android devices out there and growing I can see a time >>>>> where if its not editable there it won't be worth considering. >>>> >>>> That time is now. >>> >>> The 800-lbs gorilla is Google and their QuickOffice purchase, which >>> they are now making available for free on iOS and Android: >>> >>> https://plus.google.com/+GoogleDrive/posts/Gz5GpSeCW4x >>> >>> I don't think it supports ODF, but otherwise is a strong editor suite. >>> So it does make it hard for any new competitor, since they would >>> essentially be competing against a free, fully-featured app. >> >> is it a native client? >> > > Yes.
(BTW, there are no 800 lb. gorillas :-) ) Okay, but arguendo the mighty weight of Google's omnipresence, I'd be curious to learn what kind of uptake there will be of the app. Given their deployment of Docs & other Drive tools, I suspect there'll be improvements, but erratically. -lsp --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
