Google Office coming tomorrow?

[Flying Llama]

http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3553371

"If Google comes along and … provides some basic AJAX-based editing, and allows people to do this editing in XHTML and OpenDocument, you have a clear line of capability that goes from simple HTML to a little bit more complicated but data-centric XHTML to a truly bridging XML technology, OpenDocument," Edwards said.

:eek:

This would really make fumes come out of Ballmer's pants, and liquids to come out of Bill's.
But could it really happen??

llama :confused:

[Lacero]

Sure, why not. How hard is it to write a word processing application?

[Flying Llama]

Sure, why not. How hard is it to write a word processing application?

Well, I know for one I couldn't do it! :p

llama

EDIT: 14 more posts to avatarism!

[iDM]

I kinda thought people were getting a little to paranoid about Google but now it seems like they are announcing an entrance into everything

[Whyren]

Sure, why not. How hard is it to write a word processing application?

From my limited experience, writing a program that would allow editing and saving of text files would be remarkably simple. The fine-tuning, fonts, styles, etc. makes it a bit more difficult. Still...

[mac-er]

They are going to come out with their own OS too

Google is going to be the end of MS' dominance.

[Whyren]

I kinda thought people were getting a little to paranoid about Google but now it seems like they are announcing an entrance into everything

If you want to become even more paranoid, check this out (http://www.broom.org/epic/).

[PlaceofDis]

They are going to come out with their own OS too

Google is going to be the end of MS' dominance.


they could very well do it too. they dont have the negativity that apple seems to have in many user's eyes.... they could... but they are taking their time...

Google is going to be a powerhouse, bigger than it already is.

[Flying Llama]

From my limited experience, writing a program that would allow editing and saving of text files would be remarkably simple. The fine-tuning, fonts, styles, etc. makes it a bit more difficult. Still...

Ya, but I was thinking something more on the side of OpenOffice or MS Word, instead of TextEdit. Both OOo and Word are extremely complex and huge, but yeah...

llama

[iMeowbot]

Well, I know for one I couldn't do it! :p
Google have hired away all the right people to pull something like that off. It's scary how they keep grabbing up all the interesting researchers and then we never hear from them again!

[Whyren]

Google is becoming quite more immense even when compared to other pseudo-monopolies such as AOL Time Warner and Microsoft. I mean consider what Google has. Yes, a great websearch engine. But also...

news (searchable), blogs (searchable), images (searchable), ever-growing email (searchable), maps, addresses (searchable), scholarly articles (searchable), dictionary/encyclopaedia (searchable), calculations, satellite images, three-dimensional earth imagery, shopping comparisons, personalized homepage (templates+personal additions), language translations, catalogs (searchable), books (searchable), university information (searchable), movie listings (searchable), transportation (searchable), personalized advertising and affiliates, television and video searches and so forth.

When you consider the scope of how they gather information, handle it, and distribute it to users, it's really quite staggering how much influence they have (and continue to develop). At this point, they're coming close to perfecting the major information forks that the internet was originally most used for. Where they go from there is going to be interesting.

[katie ta achoo]

Google have hired away all the right people to pull something like that off. It's scary how they keep grabbing up all the interesting researchers and then we never hear from them again!


Just wait until I am in charge of finances for Google.. THEN WE WILL SEE SOMETHING.

(100 billionth person that does a search that isn't related porn gets $4000/month for the rest of the decade)

That'll teach people to use google!!!

/I really don't like yahoo.
//HA!

[Heb1228]

I'm all for a free USABLE alternative to MS Office.

[bankshot]

(100 billionth person that does a search that isn't related porn gets $4000/month for the rest of the decade)

I'm pretty sure the sun will burn out long before that happens. :D

[mcadam]

And what are the chances they'll make it run on a mac?

A

[ravenvii]

And what are the chances they'll make it run on a mac?

A

Hah, slim if the past are of any indication. :p

[gekko513]

Ya, but I was thinking something more on the side of OpenOffice or MS Word, instead of TextEdit. Both OOo and Word are extremely complex and huge, but yeah...

llama
TextEdit is actually quite complex, too.

[Chaszmyr]

Unless you think Google is better than Apple, having Google take over is probably worse than having Microsoft stay where it is.

[Chaszmyr]

Sure, why not. How hard is it to write a word processing application?

Even if it is hard... Google may not have the staff that Apple does, but they do have as much money as Apple... And Apple does a heck of a lot more than just make a word processor.

[sebisworld]

From my limited experience, writing a program that would allow editing and saving of text files would be remarkably simple. The fine-tuning, fonts, styles, etc. makes it a bit more difficult. Still...

Well, you will also have to put in a lot of bugs, so you don't scare all the Word users away.

[mcadam]

Unless you think Google is better than Apple, having Google take over is probably worse than having Microsoft stay where it is.

I'd be real happy if they'd just split the PC-market 50/50 between them. That should keep both of them on their toes and leave a bit more space for apple than is the case now.

Btw - why do you think google would be worse than Ms?

A

[todge]

Hmmmmm, I'm seriously tempted to buy some google stock, there should be a nice bump after the announcement. $300+ a share tho :(

Maybe Sun's might be a better bet?

I honestly think google will be as a big a name as MS in the not too distant future.

[javiercr]

I'm all for a free USABLE alternative to MS Office.

Staroffice , OpenOffice , Koffice (for linux) are usable enough as they are without google

[Whyren]

Hah, slim if the past are of any indication. :p
:confused: Google's usually been pretty good about getting their stuff to work on Mac...if not slow about it.

[MrSugar]

:confused: Google's usually been pretty good about getting their stuff to work on Mac...if not slow about it.

I have to agree, Google is pretty good about catering to all platforms. Just look at the technology they use to support all browsers.

It may take longer to come to mac, but Google is really good about releasing.

[balamw]

I have to agree, Google is pretty good about catering to all platforms. Just look at the technology they use to support all browsers.

It may take longer to come to mac, but Google is really good about releasing.
They're working with Sun on this one for crying out loud. Do you really thing it won't run on SunOS? If it runs on SunOS than it most likely runs on other unices such as Linux and OS X.

B

[Lacero]

Web based office app, partnered with Sun to be announced.

link (http://google-blog.dirson.com/post.new/0285/)

[gekko513]

Web based office app, partnered with Sun to be announced.

link (http://google-blog.dirson.com/post.new/0285/)
Very nice!

[Lacero]

At 10:30 PST, Google and Sun will be holding a news conference. Live wecast here (http://www.sun.com/events/google/).

[Flying Llama]

Staroffice , OpenOffice , Koffice (for linux) are usable enough as they are without google

Just some nitpicking... forgot Abiword! :p
And hey, who says Koffice is linux only?

llama ;)

[Heb1228]

Staroffice , OpenOffice , Koffice (for linux) are usable enough as they are without google
I don't consider these usable, at least not yet. Maybe I'm just too picky.

[Flying Llama]

I don't consider these usable, at least not yet. Maybe I'm just too picky.

While I do consider KOffice clunky and StarOffice "Windows 3.1", I have found OpenOffice to be extremely nice and useable on Linux, mostly Gnome. For the mac, the new Abiword 2.4 (which is Cocoa BTW), is very nice. Infact, I prefer Abiword on mac or OOo on Linux more than MS Office on any platform... but that's just me.
And if you're talking about an office program rather just a word processor, OO is okay I guess on mac...

llama

[katie ta achoo]

Web based office app, partnered with Sun to be announced.

link (http://google-blog.dirson.com/post.new/0285/)

AWESOME!

I love google more and more every day... I swear, Google is awesome!!

I wonder how it'll run in-browser cross-platform..

I'll be able to save stuff directly into my Gmail account, too?

Google, I love you!

[mac-er]

This is crazy...I can clearly remember when Google was nothing more than a great search engine with no crap on the search page. And hardly anyone knew about it...

[DavidLeblond]

Anything to scare Microsoft into potentially putting more quality into any of their products is a good thing in my book.

Where's the .NET killer to scare MS into fixing their crap IDE so I can work without getting headaches?

[Fukui]

Lets hope the whole thing is all open source so we don't get locked into another monopoly! Cause if Google pulls it off right, MS is gonna get thier @ss handed to them on a plate, at least in the consumer space.

[Whyren]

Sounds interesting, that's for sure. But what would they call it...Gooffice?

[Lord Blackadder]

Sure, why not. How hard is it to write a word processing application?

Easy. The hard part is getting people to use it instead of M$ Office...

[dubbz]

Sounds interesting, that's for sure. But what would they call it...Gooffice?

Or Gooooooffice?

[wordmunger]

Sorry to burst everyone's bubble, but it's just an "alliance", whatever that means:

link (http://www.sun.com/2005-1004/feature/index.html)

[dubbz]

Sorry to burst everyone's bubble, but it's just an "alliance", whatever that means:

link (http://www.sun.com/2005-1004/feature/index.html)

The agreement between Sun and Google also kicks off further collaboration between the companies on projects like OpenOffice.org, the open source productivity suite that is the world's leading suite on the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) and Linux--and the leading alternative suite on Microsoft Windows.

All is not lost though.

(Even though it's just some silly Google toolbar bundling for now).

[wdlove]

Just wait until I am in charge of finances for Google.. THEN WE WILL SEE SOMETHING.

(100 billionth person that does a search that isn't related porn gets $4000/month for the rest of the decade)

That'll teach people to use google!!!

/I really don't like yahoo.
//HA!

What happened to you goal of being CFO at Apple, Katie? You could certainly help us much more there. ;)

[ColoJohnBoy]

If you want to become even more paranoid, check this out (http://www.broom.org/epic/).
Aldous Huxley and George Orwell would be peeing themselves right now. I'm going to move to New Zealand, herd sheep, and live only by candlelight and fire wood.

[mac-er]

If you want to become even more paranoid, check this out (http://www.broom.org/epic/).


That is funny because they are testing personalized searching now. (It shows you searches based on past searches and things you like).

https://www.google.com/psearch/login?prev=http://www.google.com/psearch

[TEG]

As long as it isn't 650 MB like OpenOffice.org

I'll Stick with AppleWorks.

TEG

[GKThursday]

If you want to become even more paranoid, check this out.

Am I the only one who has no problem with the demise of the fourth estate?
I really liked the part where is said that it would be the death of Journalistic integrity! Like we have Journalistic integrity now! I also liked the symbol for epic, with the pi (3.1415926.......) reflected. So I guess I saw that as a kinda cheery view of the future.

Pax omnis,
GKThursday

[vniow]

Somehow I get the feeling that there's more than meets the eye from this annoucement. Its like every step Google takes out of the search engine business is leading it towards something much much larger...

Small steps.

[GFLPraxis]

EDIT: NM, link was already posted.

[mcarnes]

Anything that pisses off fat man and little boy is a good thing! :p

[jlewis2k1]

Interesting ... It appears that Google and Sun are teaming up for the Office Suite StarOffice or OpenOffice. I could go for Google Office :-)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051004/ap_on_bi_ge/google_sun;_ylt=AvVeqB05K.AJG7FqMH_izoqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3cjE0b2MwBHNlYwM3Mzg-

[Note from moderator: threads were merged.]

[njmac]

Watch out microsoft, here comes Google. Here's (http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,16826120%255E3122,00.html) another report with a great title: Google declares war on Microsoft.

Can't compete with free.....

[ibook30]

Looks like a good old fashioned cage fight coming up for the next dominant OS - tongue firmly in cheek. Unfortunately MS has a mighty hold on the market, but these may be seminal moves towards a new way of thinking about Operating Systems and technology. Once given choices for OS / Office Software etc. I'd hope to see consumers demand compatability - so I can open a Word file with Appleworks....etc.

[jlewis2k1]

in 3 years here is Google OS muahaha ... i think google is planning on world domination

[stoid]

I was just thinking today. Apple is essentially the biggest they've been since the mid-80s. Might history repeat itself? Might things go afoul at Apple if Steve starts getting bigheaded with this newfound success? Apple pioneered the downfall of IBM before getting internally rotten, and losing their self-created PC market to Microsoft. Again, Apple has pioneered the downfall of Microsoft with internet savvy and secure software. However, instead of Apple getting big, will they get mixed up in internal affairs, and wind up losing the internet/security market they've started to Google?

However, this is a gross oversimplification of the politics and markets involved, and probably contains many fallacies that make this less likely, but it's still fun to speculate.

[njmac]

Google and Apple should become partners and take on microsoft together :D

[ibook30]

If you want to become even more paranoid, check this out (http://www.broom.org/epic/).


Checked it out, and liked it. Thanks for adding this.

[Abstract]

After they cover the world with free WiFi, release their OS, and make their web-based OS and Office Suite, I might be free from both MS and Apple. ;)

Wonder how our usage of the internet, and computers, will change when Google offers everything I want in web-based form?

[Fukui]

After they cover the world with free WiFi, release their OS, and make their web-based OS and Office Suite, I might be free from both MS and Apple. ;)

Wonder how our usage of the internet, and computers, will change when Google offers everything I want in web-based form?
1984...

I dont know who to be more afraid of, MS or Google!
Both hold/can hold a lot of power of information.

[Abstract]

^^Okay, I checked that "Epic/2014" link, and while I always thought that Google will eventually have too much control of the information we see, that link still scares the hell out of me.

http://www.broom.org/epic/

There it is again for those who didn't click on it.

[ijimk]

will it be compatible with mac os x?

[Platform]

Soon they will make cars :p

[jadex]

don't know if this has been posted yet, but Google's teaming up with NASA...

http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/29/technology/nasa_google.reut/

"Google and NASA share a common desire -- to bring a universe of information to people around the world," Schmidt said.

They could very well put a monopoly on computer technology. Much, much, bigger than Microsoft could ever *hope* to be. They've got all the makings of an OS system, they've got a monopoly on phone searches (Google SMS, anyone? and it's still FREE!!! except if you don't have a package text message plan), they're getting into video, they've got mapping...

I'd love myself if I was working there right about now.

[mac-er]

Google beginning to offer personalized news feeds (http://news.com.com/Google+tests+personalized+news+feed+service/2100-1038_3-5891166.html?tag=nefd.top)