Hi everyone, On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Wunna Ko <[email protected]> wrote:
> +1 on Online OpenOffice.org > > Let's think of using it not through the browser. I personally don't like > using stuffs through browser. So, I stopped using Google Docs. > Web applications have to run within the browser. That's what makes them web applications, as opposed to desktop applications. But don't worry, an online OOo won't mean the death of the good old OOo desktop apps. They'll still be there for those who want better OS integration or more complex features. > > The Corporation, now Oracle, can make profit by providing hosting. Like > Dropbox, ZumoDrive, they can charge for extra storage (let say 2 GB is > free). > Definitely. I'd also be OK with unobtrusive ads. Or, better yet, optional ads (users could get rid of ads or keep them as a donation to the project; I think this would be the most polite thing to do, and I'd definitely keep the ads up). It'd also be nice if ads were dealt with as quality content (so not the primitive annoying "4 simple steps to lose weight" image banners). Just look at what Apple is doing with their iAd service. > > > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Roman Gelbort <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > El 18/05/10 12:20, Varun Mittal escribió: > > > Hi Roman, > > > > > > If I am not mistaken Oracle has some big bets on cloud computing. So I > > think > > > it should be fitting into the scheme of things. They can still offer > > like > > > some amount of storage free and charge for anything over that. > Geez, I hope they choose to make it open-source. I mean, there's no real open-source online office suite available yet. (Sure, there's Feng Office, but that's not compatible with Microsoft's formats or ODF, so it doesn't really count. There's also EtherPad, a word processor, which does have nice export options, including DOC and ODT, but its development has ended.) Otherwise, I'm sticking with Google Docs. > > > > > I have no doubt about it! > > Except that sooner or later, bring your own business ahead of the > > interests of the community. Nor do I have doubts about this. > I have to disagree with you there. There's rarely a case in which ignoring the opinions of the community is going to be helpful to your business -- going against your customers is never good. Especially if the software is free and open-source. Oracle has done a great job with OpenOffice.org and VirtualBox, and I trust it. And even if Oracle started to abuse its grip on its software somehow, anyone could take the code and make his own, unabusive branch. That's one of the perks of open-source. > > > I believe that if these projects are designed from the community and > > then supported by corporations, will be healthier than if they will > > originate from the support of a single corporation. I think it's a way > > to give characteristics of independence to the interests of one. > But who do you know with enough programming skills to be able to take on such a heavy project? > > > > In spanish: > > > > No tengo dudas de ello! > > Solo que tarde o temprano, pondrán su propio negocio por delante de los > > intereses de la comunidad. Tampoco tengo dudas de esto. > > Yo creo que si estos proyectos se diseñan desde la comunidad y luego > > reciben el apoyo de las corporaciones, serán más sanos que en el caso > > que nazcan desde el apoyo de una sola corporación. Creo que es una forma > > de darle características de independencia a los intereses de uno solo. > > > > >PS: > > > Your English is good > > > > Noooo... google translate is good to me. ;-) > > > > P.D.: Sorry to increase the size of emails with the Spanish version. > No, I'm glad that you put both the versions in. It's not a bother at all. :) > It > > happens that many of these conversations are very interesting and (at > > least in my case) I will miss not understand some terminology or form of > > expression. All we use in our language. > > I think that adding this form to speak in English and our language, we > > are increasing the possibilities of participation of others. In my case, > > Hispanic speakers. > > > > Disculpen por aumentar el tamaño de los correos con la versión en > > español. Sucede que muchas de estas conversaciones son muy interesantes > > y (al menos en mi caso) me lo pierdo por no comprender alguna > > terminología o forma de expresión. Todos las usamos en nuestra lengua. > > Creo que si agregamos esta forma de expresarnos en inglés y nuestra > > propia lengua, estamos aumentando las posibilidades de participación de > > otros. En mi caso, los hispano-parlantes. > > > > -- > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Prof. Román H. 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