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On 2006-07-12T01:23+0100 John Daragon wrote: > As for Web-based office automation ? OK for amateurs. How anyone who a) > values their data and b)is interested in user experience can think that > running complex code on shared remote processors is sensible when they > could run it on an unshared local one is, frankly, beyond me. With Web based tools I think a user is more aware of their "data". It's not just something that sits in their 'My Documents' for some trojan to trash. It's also probably going to be much safer on a 'Gdisk'. User experience? Can you argue Outlook has a better user experience than Gmail? Complex code and Office applications go hand in hand. In fact I would argue Windows source base is probably the most complex code around. Look at their docx spec and compare that to ODF. Trust your data to that model do you? The Web based Office is coming. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html