[dba-Tech] Linux equivalent of Office 2013?

Peter Brawley peter.brawley at earthlink.net
Thu Jul 19 14:00:16 CDT 2012


On 2012-07-17 11:06 AM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> Hi Arthur:
>
> Interestingly, TechRepublic just posted the following article:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/c9o8pc7

LibreOffice for Android is at the prototype stage, 
http://www.unixmen.com/first-peek-libreoffice-android-port-prototype/

PB

>
> How much pertains to you with a tablet I am not sure. There are other
> online/cloud office solutions. Google immediately comes to mind:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3q2y3ks
>
> There is a very new OpenSource Office Suite offering. I have no idea how
> good or bad it is but we know how fast OSS projects advance:
>
> http://www.freecloudalliance.org/news-UNG.Debut
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 4:52 AM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Linux equivalent of Office 2013?
>
> I am shortly to obtain my first tablet, an Acer Acronia. Purely by
> coincidence, I took a look at this slideshow about Office 2013, which is
> mostly Office 365. I must admit that lots of the changes impressed me.
> However, it assumes a subscription to Office 365, and I'm not sure that I
> want to go there.
>
> Does anyone know whether any Linux provider has plans for an equivalent,
> ideally free?
>



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