Comments on: Sun’s Web-search Enabled StarOffice Now Included in Google Pack http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/08/15/suns-web-search-enabled-staroffice-part-of-google-pack/ Connecting the dots ... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:03:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Zoli Erdos http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/08/15/suns-web-search-enabled-staroffice-part-of-google-pack/#comment-4292 Zoli Erdos Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:31:40 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/08/15/suns-web-search-enabled-staroffice-part-of-google-pack/#comment-4292 Hi Don, "Choice and competition is great" - I definitely agree. As for the compatibilty issue, you must have missed the news: <a href="http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/08/16/romulan-attack-because-of-microsoft-office/" rel="nofollow">nuclear war over compatibility issues</a> :-) Hi Don,

“Choice and competition is great” – I definitely agree. As for the compatibilty issue, you must have missed the news: nuclear war over compatibility issues :-)

]]> By: Don Dodge http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/08/15/suns-web-search-enabled-staroffice-part-of-google-pack/#comment-4183 Don Dodge Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:23:03 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/08/15/suns-web-search-enabled-staroffice-part-of-google-pack/#comment-4183 Zoli, Good point on the "mass distribution", and I do understand it, although I wonder how many people actually use Google Pack. The Mac has about 5% of the desktop market and Linux probably has 1% or 2%. I don't see Google Pack changing that a whole lot. How many people do you think will request StarOffice (over 200MB) "that needs to be installed and constantly upgraded". Where is the advantage? I do think online spreadsheets and docs are useful for sharing and collaboration. I also like putting my stock portfolio in an online spreadsheet and having the prices update automatically. Pretty cool. It is a big market and there is room for everyone. Some will choose Google Docs, some will choose StarOffice, and most will choose Microsoft Office. Business users are likely to stick with Microsoft Office for a long time. BTW, Microsoft Office supports PDF, ODF, and OpenXML, among other file formats. Compatibility is much less of an issue than it was in the past. Choice and competition is great. The customer wins, whatever their choice. Don Zoli, Good point on the “mass distribution”, and I do understand it, although I wonder how many people actually use Google Pack. The Mac has about 5% of the desktop market and Linux probably has 1% or 2%. I don’t see Google Pack changing that a whole lot.

How many people do you think will request StarOffice (over 200MB) “that needs to be installed and constantly upgraded”. Where is the advantage?

I do think online spreadsheets and docs are useful for sharing and collaboration. I also like putting my stock portfolio in an online spreadsheet and having the prices update automatically. Pretty cool.

It is a big market and there is room for everyone. Some will choose Google Docs, some will choose StarOffice, and most will choose Microsoft Office. Business users are likely to stick with Microsoft Office for a long time.

BTW, Microsoft Office supports PDF, ODF, and OpenXML, among other file formats. Compatibility is much less of an issue than it was in the past.

Choice and competition is great. The customer wins, whatever their choice.

Don

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