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Re:Etherpad Shows Google Docs How It’s Done (By AppJet) by marcus on Wednesday November 19, 2008 @10:46AM (#369536)
You're forgetting Google didn't develop Google Docs in-house they purchased Writely back in 2006 and that's the codebase Google Docs is built on. Depending on how it was built originally the change might require a massive rewrite...
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Re:Etherpad Shows Google Docs How It’s Done (By AppJet) by sant0sk1 on Wednesday November 19, 2008 @10:55AM (#369542)
Was Google Spreadsheets built on top of the Writely codebase? Because their Spreadsheet app is WAY better than their Document app.
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Re:Etherpad Shows Google Docs How It’s Done (By AppJet) by marcus on Wednesday November 19, 2008 @11:49AM (#369617)
No that's based on a different acquisition, 2Web Technologies
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