Re:What's next for Apache OpenOffice
by ZenoArrow on Thursday September 08, 2016 @06:17PM
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> "I would think the real competitor is Google Docs"
If you're happy with GD, that's cool, but I personally don't see much reason to switch.
As for bringing open-source office suites online, it is happening:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/LibreOffice_...
Re:What's next for Apache OpenOffice
by davidgerard on Saturday September 10, 2016 @07:30AM
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LO on the web is in progress. It'll have collaborative editing, the one killer feature of GDocs.
GDocs is a terrible word processor (with absolutely shocking OOXML conversion abilities; I don't believe this as a serious objection to LO any more) and a terrible spreadsheet. The one feature it has is live collaborative editing.
I am enormously pleased that LO 5.2 has working two-factor auth to GDrive, which means I can use a proper word processor or spreadsheet with it transparently. Even MS Office still doesn't talk transparently to GDrive out of the box.
Is it? I haven't used any desktop office suite in more than five years, at least. I would think the real competitor is Google Docs, and I don't see any current credible path forward that brings OO or Libre Office to the web.