On Sat, 2006-09-16 at 10:35 -0400, Chad Smith wrote: > On 9/16/06, KAMI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Also It would be nice if OpenOffice.org were available in Google Pack... > > http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_installer.html?hl=en&gl=us > > > > KAMI
> I had wondered about that myself. I mean Google is working with > OpenOffice.org (they have coders employeed to work on it) - but not even an > optional download on the Google Pack site. > > At least 3 reasons I can think of that they would do this. > > 1) OpenOffice.org is a pretty big download - even for an "optional" > download. > 2) OpenOffice.org does not support updating - you have to reinstall with > each micro-release (Google Pack keeps your software updated, if you let it). > 3) OpenOffice.org competes directly with several Google-brand products - > Writely, Google Spreadsheets. > > Google, I think, would prefer people to download the Google Pack, and use > Writely and Spreadsheets and Gmail and Google Calendar, etc. as their office > suite. > > I love Google (notice my email address) - and I'm grateful for the help they > do give to OpenOffice.org - but I doubt we will see OOo as a part of the > Google Pack any time soon, IMHO. You could be right :-) But still worth asking them. Ian -- www.theINGOTS.org www.schoolforge.org.uk www.opendocumentfellowship.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
