I am not sure this will be possible for the simple reason that as opposed to the MacBook which is more of an open platform, the ipad will have an extremely closed operating system (Iphone OS) which doesnt make it possible to load different languages or applications like the one we use.
Recoding OOo in Objective-C would be prohibited and since it seems that the apps are managed by Apple, it could make little business sense to allow a third party (and free) competing product like ours. However just like the iphone, there are solutions like remote desktop that allow to access an Open environment such a Linux desktop over the web. (look on the history of this list for OpenOffice.org Online). Again there could be 'jailbreaks' that will make the ipad run Linux and in that case OOo would be doable on an ipad but of course it will inherit all the issues from breaking warranty and support and such. On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 4:24 AM, Antoine Forgeard < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > I was just wondering if you were planning to develop an oppen office > aplication for ipad ? > > Maybe it's not possible.. I'm very interested in selling my Macbook for an > iPad, but without any office suite, it would be difficult to work with it > (I'm a student, and I would use it to take my lessons) even if iWorks exist > for ipad, I need an application which would be able to write and read .doc > and .ppt documents. > > > > Thank you for your answer. > > > Best regards > > Antoine Forgeard > -- Alexandro Colorado OpenOffice.org Español IM: [email protected]
