Google has finally thrown down the gauntlet

KC Jones · 10-04-2005, 07:38 AM

http://google-blog.dirson.com/post.new/0285/

Joint news conference today to announce a web based office suite from Google and Sun based on open office. It's long been rumored and speculated upon but it now seems to be a confirmed reality. Go anywhere and with net access you can retrieve and work on your documents.

This should be pretty cool - everybody laughed when Sun said the network is the computer 10+ years ago, but it's looking more and more like reality.

**Fire Me Boy!** · 10-04-2005, 07:44 AM

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KC Jones · 10-04-2005, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

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To "throw down the gauntlet," as I'm sure you know, means to challenge someone else to a fight, and our modern use of the phrase is essentially identical to its original meaning. The "gauntlet" in the phrase is the heavy glove once worn by knights in armor (and comes from a diminutive form of "gant," French for "glove"). A knight who threw his gauntlet down before another was issuing a formal challenge to duel, which his opponent then accepted by picking up the gauntlet. While formal duels are now a thing of the past (people seem to pretty much just up and shoot each other these days), "throwing down the gauntlet" lives on in more metaphorically combative contexts, such as courtrooms and proxy fights.

MS has started encroaching on Google's turf by attempting to enter the search engine market. Google has just fired back with an entry into the office suite market.

**Fire Me Boy!** · 10-04-2005, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by KC Jones

To "throw down the gauntlet," as I'm sure you know, means to challenge someone else to a fight, and our modern use of the phrase is essentially identical to its original meaning. The "gauntlet" in the phrase is the heavy glove once worn by knights in armor (and comes from a diminutive form of "gant," French for "glove"). A knight who threw his gauntlet down before another was issuing a formal challenge to duel, which his opponent then accepted by picking up the gauntlet. While formal duels are now a thing of the past (people seem to pretty much just up and shoot each other these days), "throwing down the gauntlet" lives on in more metaphorically combative contexts, such as courtrooms and proxy fights.

MS has started encroaching on Google's turf by attempting to enter the search engine market. Google has just fired back with an entry into the office suite market.

I know... I just felt like posting a vintage "Gauntlet" pic. Leave me alone.

Katipan · 10-04-2005, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

I know... I just felt like posting a vintage "Gauntlet" pic. Leave me alone.

I loved that game.

**Bowser** · 10-04-2005, 11:06 AM

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I loved that game.

Valkyrie is about to die.

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**BigRedChief** · 10-04-2005, 08:31 AM

Ain't gonna happen. MS rules the world and that will never change. People think an MS OS is a computer. All alternative office suties copy the functions of MS office suites because they are the only ones the majority know how to use.

KC Jones · 10-04-2005, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Ain't gonna happen. MS rules the world and that will never change.

History is filled with fallen empires. It's just a matter of time and question of how they will fall.

However, given their bank accounts and dominating market share, it won't be for a long long time. Quite possibly not until well after Gates is dead.

Simplex3 · 10-04-2005, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Ain't gonna happen. MS rules the world and that will never change. People think an MS OS is a computer. All alternative office suties copy the functions of MS office suites because they are the only ones the majority know how to use.

Ford was synonymous with car.

htismaqe · 10-05-2005, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Simplex3

Ford was synonymous with car.

Xerox.

Kleenex.

Q-Tip.

It happens all the time.

Otter · 10-05-2005, 11:26 AM

The true geeks will catch on first then it will trickle outwards and upwards but it certainly won't be overnight. If nothing else this will force MS to become a little more receptive to user needs and possibly become a little bit more reasonable with their prices.

$300 for a single copy of Office XP is outrageous.

As soon as the gaming community catches up with Linux the only place I'll be using MS is at work.

KC Jones · 10-05-2005, 07:48 PM

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As soon as the gaming community catches up with Linux the only place I'll be using MS is at work.

That won't happen for a long long time if ever. If John Romero can't make money selling a linux game, nobody can. Nearly the entire industry ditched OpenGL for DirectX. I like linux quite a bit and even bought a game specifically because it was linux supported (Savage:Battle for Newerth), but the divide between gaming and linux almost seems to be growing IMO. A few games will get supported by the community to run on Cedega (wine), but it won't be a gaming platform for a long long time.

Valiant · 10-09-2005, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Otter

The true geeks will catch on first then it will trickle outwards and upwards but it certainly won't be overnight. If nothing else this will force MS to become a little more receptive to user needs and possibly become a little bit more reasonable with their prices.

$300 for a single copy of Office XP is outrageous.

As soon as the gaming community catches up with Linux the only place I'll be using MS is at work.

Maybe if you pay for it.. I installed MS office business premier 2003, Half the programs on there I dont have a clue what they do, 12 programs in all...

**morphius** · 10-04-2005, 09:17 AM

Well, this ought to really send Gates into a tirade.

Ultra Peanut · 10-06-2005, 02:01 PM

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Well, this ought to really send Gates into a tirade.

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