Java developer says he built, launched basic open source office suite in 30 days

Re:Java developer says he built, launched basic open source ... by sgt on Sunday May 26, 2013 @12:31PM (#5771516)

As much as I admire this guy's effort - and his intentions. This is a tool of the past. And he based it on NetBeans?

You know, I spend 8 hours every day developing in NetBeans. It's OK to work in, and you can create cool applications with it, mostly Java EE apps in my case. But basing something on top of such a heavy and bug ridden platform is not a viable long term approach.

And why call it "The Open Source Java Office Suite"? Users do not care whether it's Java or C# or what not, as long as it's better than current offerings out there.

I could go on. Sorry - I'm not excited by this, but perhaps someone else is?

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Re:Java developer says he built, launched basic open source ... by yareally on Sunday May 26, 2013 @01:15PM (#5771666)

> And why call it "The Open Source Java Office Suite"? Users do not care whether it's Java or C# or what not, as long as it's better than current offerings out there.

It seems to be a trend with developers sometimes to get so involved in what they make that they forget who their target audience is (I would guess in this case he wants more than developers to use it). If his only fault in target audience usability is the naming, then he's doing pretty well (don't know if it is or not yet and usability is subjective). Either way, still a great learning experience taking on a project like this and I don't think I would judge it past "proof of concept" so far.

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