On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 13:08 +0200, eric b wrote: > Hi Ian, > > Le 19 oct. 09 à 12:34, Ian a écrit : > > > > So port OpenOffice.org to say a G-phone - Google probably want > > people to > > use their on-line apps but an option for OOo would be good. Ok, it > > will > > probably run like a drain to start with but once the concept is > > achieved > > no doubt the technology will improve. > > > > Not sure
About how OOo will run well or that technology will improve. I thin the latter is certain - I'd bet my life on it :-) > >> * Cost; > > > > OOo itself costs nothing but obviously increasing RAM and processor > > power does. However, these increase and get less costly all the > > time. I > > beleve the g-phone has about 192 meg of RAM free for apps. If that was > > doubled I think OOo would run acceptably for many users. > > > > FYI, OOo4Kdis runs honestly on Celeron 500 + 128 MB or RAM ( using > Puppy Linux distribution ), or on XO ( Sugar / 900 MHz / 521 MB or RAM). > > The drawback : no Java, nor Base, but who cares, if we got a reader ? I agree, base is not really so important at this stage in this application. > And if I can, we could just limit the features to act as a simple > reader. Will probably divide the size by a factor 2 > > > If K-office does it better then OOo has a problem. If K-office gets > > established in the mobile space I doubt OOo will then get in at all. > > > > IMHO, the fact Nokia has been choosen by Nokia, is because of the QT > dependency ( QT wass TrollTech and is now Nokia ) Whatever the reason, if Koffice gets to be the de facto standard on Smartphones OOo (and MSO for that matter) will be confined to future niche markets. There are far more cell phones out there than desktop computers. -- 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]
