On 3/10/06, Daniel Carrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> WikiCalc is not a service, it's a product that runs on a server. I could
> setup WikiCalc on the OpenDocument Fellowship website for example.


Exactly.  Writely is a service.  Blogger is a service.  Hello is a service.
These are things Google buys.


> If Google wanted a
> > downloadable office suite - they'd use OpenOffice.org.
>
> Surely you are not that daft Chad. WikiCalc is a product that runs on a
> server and serves web pages. OOo doesn't do that. Anyone with the skill
> can use WikiCalc to setup a web-based spreadsheet.



Did you *read* the sentence you tore apart?  let me type it slower for
you....

If  (that's a hypotethical) Google (the company we are talking about)
wanted (desired, sought after) a downloadable (meaning, like Wikicalc,
AbiWord, OpenOffice.org, or a thousand other programs - you have to download
and install something for it to work -----  the OPPOSITE of an online
service like Writely, Blogger, iRows, etc.) office suite (like Koffice,
OpenOffice.org, or Microsoft Office) - they'd (they would - they being
Google) use (utilize) OpenOffice.org (a downloadable office suite - one that
Google already supports with programmers, one you have to download and
install to work).

Daniel - you are losing it.

You said exactly what I said - only you were yelling it back at me instead
of agreeing with me.

WikiCalc - you have to download and install.  OpenOffice.org - you have to
download and install.  Which is better?  OpenOffice.org - if for no other
reason that it exists.

On the other hand - Writely - no installation - it runs in your browser.
Blogger - no installation, it runs in your browser.  iRows - no installation
- it runs in your browser.

Why on earth would you suggest Google use some alpha pre-release ugly
program you have to download instead of a web based existant and running
program that looks and feels like stuff they've already bought?  And then -
after I point out a reason why another program would be better than the one
you suggested - you yell at me for not knowing how different the second one
I suggested is from the first one I suggested, when I just suggested it
because it was better than the one you suggested (which is completely
different from my orginial suggestion) at doing what your suggestion does.

Please read what I write before commenting.  Thank you.

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- Chad Smith
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Because everyone loves free software!
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Because, admit it, you've got nothing better to do right now...

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