Sun can do this. IIRC, Sun is the only one who can use it commercially according to the license.
It'll be good competition for the leased / online software from Redmond. Terry At 06:37 AM 3/12/2005, you wrote: >All right, I've got a question: >Why not put open office online? I don't mean put the program online for >users to download, I mean put the program itself online. Here is my idea, >put OO.o as an asp for people to use. I've been thinking about this since >I've been using gmail. Gmail does a lot dynamically. I've heard >microsoft has versions of word and other office apps online for businesses >to rent, so why not open office? >I think it's possible we will see a a shift from each individual machine >having every application known to man to more of a client/server view, >where everybody has a machine, and they connect to the net and go to >www.OpenOfficeWriter27.asp when they need to type a letter or >www.GrandTheftAutoNewOrleans.asp when they want to play a game. >I'm not saying I expect this to happen, but I think it's possible once >broadband becomes more widespread and once computer hardware flatens out. >Michael Dolan > >Andrew Baudouin wrote: > >>Check out this review, I'm definitely going to check out the beta... >> >> >>http://www.cooltechzone.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1073 >> >>_______________________________________________ >>General mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -- Terry Stockdale -- Baton Rouge, LA My computer tips, coffee pages and forums: http://www.terrystockdale.com
