Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Is Microsoft getting worried about free Office suites?

On 28/11/11 13:13, Pedro wrote:
> Ian Lynch wrote
> > Google should do a version of Office based on the
> > OOo/LibO code base and embed ads and search links, make it available
> > freely
> > and brand it Google Office.  Given their brand strength and marketing,
> > that
> > would probably do more to frighten MS than anything we can do. Slightly
> > surprised they haven't already done it.
>
> Interesting concept. But I think they are investing a lot on the "Cloud"
> with the Chrome Book laptops that investing time on an offline suite doesn't
> make much sense...
>
> In the same line of thought: Google Docs is fine in the "Developed"
> countries where working in the "Cloud" is a reality. This is not so for more
> than 2/3 of the world's population
> (http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm)
>
> I do believe that currently LibreOffice is the leading alternative to MS
> Office (but would love to see some numbers :) )

Well, not specific to LibreOffice, but take a look at some of the documents
I've compiled: http://login.kristshell.net/~olorin/Dokumenter/

– Olav

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