Alexandro Colorado wrote: > On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:51:05 -0600, Mathias Bauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Chad Smith wrote: >> >>> Agreed. It would be cool to see a full feature suite on the web. >> >> It would be cool, yes, but would it be something that anybody really >> wants or needs? >> >> IMHO it is too much for a fun project (been there, done that!) but OTOH >> where's the business model to make such a development attractive so that >> anybody would want to throw money on it? How many people would *pay* for >> using a Web based Office Suite? How many people would like to do serious >> Office work in a browser despite all the possible problems (privacy, >> security, user interface deficiencies, stability, performance, latency >> etc.)? > > Thin Clients will greatly welcome an office suite. Also a web-centric > office suite put much more push towards intgretation, live content, > webservices, accesibility on different platforms, and well all the things > that so far blogs have done to on-line content.
A "web office" that just has the display on the client is not necessary. If you want to use thin clients you don't need a web office: put your office on a server and use a VNC applet - done. Why reinventing the wheel? A "web office" that deserves the name has a higher client integration and I maintain the point that this is a very risky operation. Best regards, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer - OpenOffice.org Application Framework Project Lead Please reply to the list only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a spam sink. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
