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Miscellaneous => Applications => Topic started by: Lead Head on 31 October 2005, 20:41

Title: Google to higher people for OpenOffice
Post by: Lead Head on 31 October 2005, 20:41

Quote from: Times Online

Google is opening up yet another front in its battle with Microsoft by backing a competitor to Bill Gates' dominant Office software package.

   The internet search and advertising company is set to hire programmers to improve OpenOffice, a freely distributed "open source" alternative to products including Word, Microsoft's massively popular word processor, it was revealed today.

 Full story Here (http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-1851613,00.html)

Title: Re: Google to higher people for OpenOffice
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 2 November 2005, 05:54

Google ... now that's a good company :)

Title: Re: Google to higher people for OpenOffice
Post by: adiment on 2 November 2005, 06:01

Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H

Google ... now that's a good company :)

or a company that is slowly monopolizing the market and buying other companies out. :nothappy:

Title: Re: Google to higher people for OpenOffice
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 2 November 2005, 06:14

Quote from: e7ement

or a company that is slowly monopolizing the market and buying other companies out. :nothappy:

Uhhh ... I certainly hope not, I mean they do all sorts of nice things, like Gmail, free WiFi for San Fran. could it all be just a way to take over the market and then rule with an iron fist ? Again, I hope not ... I mean if that happened, dammit that would suck !

Title: Re: Google to higher people for OpenOffice
Post by: JanusChrist on 3 November 2005, 07:52

Quote from: e7ement

or a company that is slowly monopolizing the market and buying other companies out. :nothappy:

People who hate big companies like Google or Starbucks are just jealous of other peoples' success. Stereotyping companies is no different from stereotyping races or nations; its just ideological conformity used to try to shock people and make some people feel as though "non-conformity" automatically means they make the world a better place.

Title: Re: Google to higher people for OpenOffice
Post by: Dark_Me on 3 November 2005, 10:12

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People who hate big companies like Google or Starbucks are just jealous of other peoples' success. Stereotyping companies is no different from stereotyping races or nations; its just ideological conformity used to try to shock people and make some people feel as though "non-conformity" automatically means they make the world a better place.

Better than conformity.

Title: Re: Google to higher people for OpenOffice
Post by: Refalm on 3 November 2005, 17:41

Quote from: JanusChrist

People who hate big companies like Google or Starbucks are just jealous of other peoples' success. Stereotyping companies is no different from stereotyping races or nations; its just ideological conformity used to try to shock people and make some people feel as though "non-conformity" automatically means they make the world a better place.

I do know some people that speak greatly about small businesses, but believe all multi national companies are evil.

Well, maybe they are, but some of them do things the right way. And besides, every company has it's greatnes and downsides.

For examples, television sets from Philips are awesome, but their DVD drives suck ass.

Title: Re: Google to higher people for OpenOffice
Post by: hm_murdock on 4 November 2005, 04:03

So they highered some people. They gonna hire some too so they can help out on OO.o?

Title: Re: Google to higher people for OpenOffice
Post by: KernelPanic on 4 November 2005, 15:06

I'm glad google is putting the corporate cherry-picker to good use.

Title: Re: Google to higher people for OpenOffice
Post by: Commander on 24 November 2005, 08:10

"People who hate big companies like Google or Starbucks are just jealous of other peoples' success."
BULLSHIT!  i hate starbucks because i dont like their coffee and they're expensive.  i could give less shit about if they were bigger or smaller or less or more successful.  Besides, Timmi's is far superior...