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[Nikos Vasilakis <nikos.ailo@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks a bunch guys, I fully agree (and use LibreOffice mysleft). I
was wondring though, could someone point to the priority list for
elementary? If someone was to spend time, where would you prefer this
time being spent?

Thanks!
Nikos

On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Cassidy James
<cassidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Apparently Google bought and is porting QuickOffice to NaCl, which is
> interesting. I don't know if it'll be wrapped up as part of Google Drive or
> of they'll leave it as its own thing. Either way, it will run on Linux with
> Chromium; I wonder of there are any other efforts for running NaCl code on
> Linux without requiring a whole other browser.
>
> But as David was saying, we don't have the manpower for creating our own
> office suite at this point in time. It might be something we look into down
> the road, but honestly there are some pretty decent well-established
> solutions out there already.
>
> It seems that the LibreOffice designers like elementary, so maybe we will
> have some increasing design influence there down the road.
>
> Regards,
> Cassidy James
>
> On Feb 26, 2013 6:45 AM, "David Gomes" <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I am pretty sure LibreOffice does the job, at least I use it on a daily
>> basis and I love it.
>>
>> There's GWoffice if you're into Google Docs (made by Tom).
>>
>> Right now, we have other, more important priorities, than a productivity
>> suite. If you really want to work on one, I recommend LibreOffice, I think
>> they're moving in the right direction.
>>
>> David "Munchor" Gomes
>>
>> On Feb 26, 2013 3:53 AM, "Nikos Vasilakis" <nikos.ailo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> Great work! I fell in love with eOS from the very first contact:)
>>>
>>> I have a question though: how does elementaryOS plan on "attacking"
>>> the productivity suite issue (e.g., word processing, spreadsheet and
>>> presentation tools)? Are there any developers working towards a
>>> vala-based solution or are there any plans? How can we help?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> NIkos
>>>
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On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Cassidy James
<cassidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Apparently Google bought and is porting QuickOffice to NaCl, which is
> interesting. I don't know if it'll be wrapped up as part of Google Drive or
> of they'll leave it as its own thing. Either way, it will run on Linux with
> Chromium; I wonder of there are any other efforts for running NaCl code on
> Linux without requiring a whole other browser.
>
> But as David was saying, we don't have the manpower for creating our own
> office suite at this point in time. It might be something we look into down
> the road, but honestly there are some pretty decent well-established
> solutions out there already.
>
> It seems that the LibreOffice designers like elementary, so maybe we will
> have some increasing design influence there down the road.
>
> Regards,
> Cassidy James
>
> On Feb 26, 2013 6:45 AM, "David Gomes" <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I am pretty sure LibreOffice does the job, at least I use it on a daily
>> basis and I love it.
>>
>> There's GWoffice if you're into Google Docs (made by Tom).
>>
>> Right now, we have other, more important priorities, than a productivity
>> suite. If you really want to work on one, I recommend LibreOffice, I think
>> they're moving in the right direction.
>>
>> David "Munchor" Gomes
>>
>> On Feb 26, 2013 3:53 AM, "Nikos Vasilakis" <nikos.ailo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> Great work! I fell in love with eOS from the very first contact:)
>>>
>>> I have a question though: how does elementaryOS plan on "attacking"
>>> the productivity suite issue (e.g., word processing, spreadsheet and
>>> presentation tools)? Are there any developers working towards a
>>> vala-based solution or are there any plans? How can we help?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> NIkos
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community
>>> Post to     : elementary-dev-community@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community
>>> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>>
>>
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