On Wed, 2009-08-12 at 19:14 +0100, John McCreesh wrote: > "A Chinese company that offers a rival suite to Microsoft Office is > following industry trends by turning its software into a Web-based > service. > > "Evermore Software, based in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi, has for > years offered a software suite that looks very similar to Microsoft Office > but costs less. Now the company sees its rivals moving online, and it is > designing a Web version of its suite to compete with the likes of Google > Docs and Microsoft's upcoming Office Web apps." > > http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2009/tc2009089_897536.htm
Basically why we need on-line OOo. I suspect not a trivial task. Maybe a thin client login through a web browser as a trial? Advertising could pay for the hosting in the longer term. Advantage of that approach is not having to do anything much with the code and it happens pretty immediately and provides far more comprehensive facilities than Google Docs. -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications A new approach to assessment for learning www.theINGOTs.org - 01827 305940 You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
