Comments on: The Virtues of Small Software

By: GDocsOpen

GDocsOpen — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:09:19 +0000

Small install size you said?
Office software?

Maybe this can help : GDocsOpen – Double click and open document in Google Docs .

It is a small application, less than 1MB, which has an internal browser, connects to your Google Docs account, uploads the file there.

It saves locally AND on Google Docs! Give it a try.

By: billz

billz — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:27:34 +0000

@Parker – the French seem to be ahead of the curve on open source software. There was a story recently about how the French police saved millions of euros by switching to Ubuntu. OpenOffice works great but still needs some polishing, IMO. It’ll get there, I’m sure, and weigh in at a fraction of MS Office.

Re: coming home, no immediate plans to resettle in the US. How about you?

By: Parker

Parker — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:27:57 +0000

Openoffice rocks and is widely used in France. Microsoft Office didn’t even come free with my new dell and it takes way to much time to work.

Your posts rock. You coming home anytime soon?

By: rob allen

rob allen — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:09:11 +0000

Thanks Bill, indeed RSS and IM are in my future plans & please let me know when your open source mobile/web project is released.

By: billz

billz — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:49:25 +0000

@Rob – that’s true without a doubt.

I just checked out your demo (with a web browser, not a mobile, but I get the idea). M-sites with Community Mobile is a very compelling project. Seems like a natural extension to integrate RSS feeds or IM with Jabber to the platform. We’re working on an open source mobile/web project here that has good potential for integrating with your effort. I’m sure there’s opportunities for us to collaborate in the future.

Good luck with the NetSquared & Berkeley challenges & thanks for the comment.