Re: [tdf-discuss] LO & OO are not the only competitors of MSOffice... LO could also make a simple office suite that runs in Android & iOS

Even if you had to pay for the apps it would help gain revenue for LO
in the mobile market especially for iOS.

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On 09/04/2011, at 5:17 AM, Ian Lynch <ianrlynch@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 8 April 2011 19:06, Jaime R. Garza <garzaj@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > For Android and iPhone it doesn't make sense to have the whole LO, only
> > Clac, Writer & Impress are needed urgently!
>
> Probably only Writer and Calc and an Impress viewer in the first instance.
> Snag is Uno. Replacing Uno with a web common platform would be one way to do
> it but it would mean you had to have web access to use the apps.
>
> If LO manages to place those three apps for Android, ODF will gain momentum.
> > Cheers!
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 21:01, todd rme <toddrme2178@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 2:12 AM, Jonathan Aquilina
> > > <eagles051387@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 7:36 AM, toki <toki.kantoor@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > On 06/04/2011 14:43, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
> > > > > > How much of LO would need to be ported since android is linux based
> > as
> > > > > is?
> > > > >
> > > > > Basically, it needs to be rewritten in a language that can be compiled
> > > > > into Dalvik Bytecode.
> > > > >
> > > > > The usual language is Java, but at least one C++ compiler that
> > > > > accomplishes the same effect exists.
> > > >
> > > > If one c++ compiler already exists then wouldnt it be easy as just
> > > telling
> > > > the compiler to compile?
> > >
> > > Almost certainly not, it most likely needs to be able to support the
> > > proper Android APIs to work properly.  And that is only to get it
> > > working as-is, without any reworking of the UI to be better on a
> > > touch-based device.
> > >
> > > -Todd
> > >
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