Google Office Still in the Wings? 308
Rob writes "Ajax Office, a proposed project to create an open source, web-based suite of office
applications, has fallen by the wayside. But the project's founder Paolo Massa is
convinced that not only will there be successful open source projects in the space, but
that it is only a matter of time before the likes of Google or Yahoo! launch a web-based
office suite of their own - going up against Microsoft Office but in the online sphere.
"If you think about it, it would mean having access to your office
documents from any browser," he told Computer Business Review, outlining his view
that a provider could enable the creation and storage of office documents on their
web servers. "I think someone will do this within a year," he said."
and it's now called eyeOS (Score:5, Informative)
Someone is already doing it (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Now this is interesting. (Score:5, Informative)
> is that all these free email clients don't have any security on
> them. That sort of keeps me from using goggle mail for anything
> but fluff email.
Have you tried accessing Google Mail like this:
https://gmail.google.com/ [google.com]
Re:theft and breakage (Score:3, Informative)
Calendar and Notes in Yahoo Mail (Score:3, Informative)
Re:eyeOS got potential but. (Score:2, Informative)