Google Pack Adds StarOffice 156
derrida writes The GoogleOS Blog has the news that Google Pack, their collection of applications, now includes StarOffice. 'It will be interesting to see why Google didn't choose to include OpenOffice.org, the primary difference between StarOffice and OpenOffice.org being that StarOffice includes some proprietary components like clip-art graphics, fonts, templates and tools for Microsoft Office migration.'"
Ask That Question Again (Score:5, Insightful)
From the summary...
"StarOffice includes...tools for Microsoft Office migration"
I think that they suspect that they can wean people off some of the Office stuff rather than just forcing them to go cold turkey.
Obvious (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Isn't it obvious? (Score:3, Insightful)
Jolyon
The reason? Who cares! (Score:1, Insightful)
Purist may puke by just thinking about this, but sane persons would just forget funny ideals and get the work done by chosing the tool that fits better for this case.
People don't want choices (Score:5, Insightful)
The answer, of course, is that people don't want choices. Be happy that Joe Schmoe might even consider installing some weird program that's not made by Microsoft, don't expect him to decide whether he wants OpenOffice.org ("What is that, some website?") or StarOffice.
Google chose what they thought would be most useful to most technically-disinclined people.
Re:Isn't it obvious? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Google Docs Backend for StarOffice (Score:2, Insightful)
(Group chat in gchat, web clip for igoogle vis-a-vis OS X Leopard [I actually wanted this BEFORE Apple even introduced it], desktop gmail application that provides identical functionality instead of having to use it through clients with crappy interfaces, Google calendar auto-syncing between mobile devices; pcs and the service itself, desktop client for Google notebook with support for offline use [Google gears support would be less than ideal, but would probably suffice]....and, well, the list goes on and on, so I'm not hedging any bets on what Google will do).
Re:Isn't it obvious? (Score:3, Insightful)
Uh, no. Google pack [google.com] appears to be very much targeted at home users.
Unless you get to spend all your time at work playing with Google Earth, fucking around with RealPlayer, using Skype, IMing your friends, and playing with photos.
In which case, I want to work with you.