[dba-Tech] Google QuickOffice

Hi Peter:

This is all part of Google's "burnt earth policy" in dealing with competitors.

It does this by creating free applications that fills a void in the market place. Eventually any other company that may have wished to expand into this area, find their opportunities blocked. The application will be left there until their opponent has either gone broke or has quit all designs on this new venture.

The method of has been extremely successful over the years. Whether this really free-enterprise is debatable. 

In the meantime we will be able to enjoy this great new app. (...and unless Microsoft goes broke, we will be able to enjoy this new application for a long time in the future.) ;-)

Thanks for posting the link.

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Brawley" <peter.brawley at earthlink.net>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 5, 2013 11:37:06 PM
Subject: [dba-Tech] Google QuickOffice

http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/09/19/google-makes-quickoffice-for-android-and-ios-free-for-all-bringing-microsoft-office-editing-to-the-masses/

QO for android is pretty slick. On its own it can handle Word, Excel, 
PPT & PDF files on the device and on Google Drive. Given an 
explorer-like utility like the free ES File Explorer, QO can handle such 
files anywhere on any LAN it has access to.

Seems to leave two questions, is this RIP Microsoft Office, and will 
Google make QO Open Source.

PB
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