Google formally declares war on Microsoft

[Vermiis Mysteriis]

Exactly. I laugh at the Google-###### losers that think this will be "the start of something" :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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Just like Linux was "the start of something"...what...10 years ago? Lotta progress.

Google search is what it is because of word of mouth. It's easy to open up a web browser and type a couple of little words. If Google search didn't exist, people would simply use something else...the internet wouldn't come screeching to a halt. Big difference between learning to type a new www.blah.net address and learning to migrate to a completely new office suite.

[Master Shake]

People who don't know how to use all the extra stuff in MS Office aren't going to be scared to try something else, especially if it is cheap. Governments, schools and businesses are also very likely to switch if the price is right and they like the licensing deal.

[Master Shake]

daaammmn no you di'nt!

[markwolfe Veteran]

Just like Linux was "the start of something"...what...10 years ago?  Lotta progress.

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You obviously are either exaggerating, or you lack knowledge in this matter.

10 years ago, Linux was still fledgeling, having just been announced as a hobby project in 1991. Red Hat offered their first 1.0 release in 1995.

Fast forward to today, and Linux is gobbling up the server market at nearly 3 times the rate Microsoft is. Not bad for a hobby started by a single person. ;) Have a Linksys router, or know someone who does? Linux. It is around more than you might think it is.

Finally, a history lesson. Nothing is permanent. The Roman Empire fell. The Spanish Armada was defeated. Microsoft will not last forever. Linux might never replace it, but something will.

[Vermiis Mysteriis]

It's funny...you can just tell who will come galloping to the defense when certain comments are made...

Yes, I know when Redhat released their first distro...I used it. Sucked then, sucks now. As does Fedora. :cry:

Linux is still a hobby project for most normal people. I don't care who *ahem* forces their children and spouse to use it, but yes, great...Linux is "gobbling up" the server market. It's used in embedded environments, like in my linksys router. And that has precisely what to do with a thread about an Office suite? Linux is perfect for the server environment...where the average person doesn't have to look at it and only worries about it when something (rarely) goes wrong.

Fact; on the client side (which is what we're discussing here, FYI) Windows accounts for 85% of the market...if not more.

Edited October 6, 2005 by Vermiis Mysteriis

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

sun office always been slow crap anyway

microsoft is far from being touched

[neostyle]

Hasn't OpenOffice been out there for ages... for free?

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hehe thought the same :D

[cylonite]

It's funny...you can just tell who will come galloping to the defense when certain comments are made...

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Even funnier......this coming from the person who posted those certian comments :p

Linux is still a hobby project for most normal people.

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http://counter.li.org/estimates.php

And that has precisely what to do with a thread about an Office suite??

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well what doesthe following comment> have to do with the thread? i wonder:pp

Just like Linux was "the start of something"...what...10 years ago?? Lotta progress.

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Fact; on the client side (which is what we're discussing here, FYI) Windows accounts fo85%b> of the market...if not more.

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SO???? Use what works for you.

Is this a war. I believe not. Its just competitio:):)

[BajiRav]

one problem: ms office pwnz all other office programs.

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:laugh: exactly my mind. StarOffice/OO.org has sucked for such a long time, probably they should start making vacuum cleaners :ninja:

GoogleSuck anybody ? :rofl:

MS Office has some competition in Wordperfect Office Suite (or whatever the name)...everything else is crap.

[Vermiis Mysteriis]

Is this a war. I believe not. Its just competition

I won't do a point-by-point quote breakdown, because I find that tedious and annoying...but...did you happen to read the title of this thread?

Google didn't create Google Earth...they bought Keynote. Google didn't create Picasa, they bought it. Google didn't come up with their own concept or protocal for Google Talk, they use Jabber. Google is rumored to be putting out an Office alternative...that they aren't creating...but they are using Sun's iteration. You've got 3 guesses as to what a 'Google OS' would be comprised of, and the first two won't count. They acquire something, slap their name on it, and *bam*, it's the best thing since sliced bread!

I'm sorry, but I'd rather side with the devil I know than the devil I don't, and I certainly don't trust Google any more than I trust Microsoft.

[Doli]

Nice! Can't wait 'til they release it, BETA of course!

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just go to the openoffice website, grab the 2.0 beta

[thechitowncubs]

Hasn't OpenOffice been out there for ages... for free?

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yes, but it was never backed by a company called GOOG which has billions of dollars :whistle:

[markwolfe Veteran]

Why are so many people focusing on who bought what technology? Seems to me that all very large companies (including Microsoft) have purchased quite a bit of what they do.

What matters here is that the Google brand (which carries a lot of name recognition from the 'average Joe') can be applied to products and those products will get more attention than they had pre-Google. And here is the important part; the acquisitions Google is making is positioning themselves to bring more serious competition to the marketplace.

Users on both sides (or no side!) of this issue will benefit from competition. Remember how IE was left to rot, up to the point where Firefox started taking marketshare from Microsoft.

Microsoft competes best when they are challenged.

[Ultra Frosty]

Microsoft is in some deep **** now. It's not a walk in the park for Google either, but what is really interesting, is we now have a cyber war!

So, what will the name be? I'm guessing: eWar I

[xp1ode]

imo, If Google decides to develope their on Word processing and Excel program from "scratch", then maybe i would be excited about it, but if they are doing is just to provide you with a link, or a button to OpenOffice, then i dont see the big deal. I really doubt that google will actually make their own at this point in the game, but i could be proven wrong and it would be cool if i was, but from the article it just seems that they are going to support, and maybe not even finance the development of OO then im sure MS is not that worried about their so called "war". Nevertheless good luck to google and Sun trying to promote their software, there is nothing wrong with that, as for me i will still focus on MS Office, because i don't see anything better out there yet, as i have tried the competition, except for the stuff that Apple has of course...

[remix17]

Let the battle begin ! Who will prevail ??

[Veedems Veteran]

Through a toolbar? So will this be downloadable or will have to be run through your browser? Honestly, I don't see myself switching simply because Google is putting their name on it. I like MS Office and feel better off with it. I don't think this will do much damage to MS at all.

[matt74441]

Sounds like it could be interesting. The only thing that will really come out of this is lower prices for MS Office, and thats if we're lucky.

[limok]

if and only if google buys apple would war be declared on microsft. lol

[Xtreme $niper]

Hasn't OpenOffice been out there for ages... for free?

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Yes, but unfortunately some people only try and trust products if they are popular and from big companies like Microsoft or Google.

[Antiprophet]

google's products are always nice to use, and simple in funtions.

idiot proof in a sense.

they will attract a lot of people with programs like that, and they deserve it.

[Novaoblivion]

This sounds interesting I wonder how good it will be? OpenOffice lacks a grammar checker right now and I heard that the spell check is not that great either otherwise I would use it.

[Deathray]

This reminds me of the attack on Pearl Harbor :huh:

Google is going to wake up the sleeping giant :p

Oh well, for me, Google is for searching, Microsoft is for operating system and office. Although, it's sad that Microsoft is targetted for running a monopoly when Google seems to be trying to take over the world...

[Soham]

sun's ceo gave 100000 dollars to google 7 years back

[Oblivion]

MS Office (Y)