Article:		Macworld Wish List for Steve
Subject:		iOffice
Date:		2003-12-30 17:05:34
From:		anonymous2
Response to: iOffice
Just curious, why focus on iOffice when OpenOffice seems to be growing in popular, will run on Macs, and for desktop open source software, is amazingly functional and feature rich?

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• iOffice
  2004-01-01 12:04:06  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  Why coudn't Apple acquire the source to Lotus Improv from IBM? This is already based on the NeXT frameworks/Obj-C and is still considered one of the most revolutionary ideas ever. The fact that it is not available anywhere is a testimony to the power of Obj-C. Apparently, the concepts that make Improv unique are too hard to implement without the technology now known as Cocoa. I would sure hate to see MS's .NET reach the point where Improv reappears there first.
  
  Along with Keynote, a decent WP, and Accounts (cool idea), this would make for an insanely great office suite.

• iOffice
  2003-12-30 18:00:27  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  Apple ought to do a nice, Aqua port of OO.O. The current X11 version is very cludgy and horrible to look at. The same, of course, goes for Gimp, but Apple shouldn't piss off Adobe too much.
  
  But, as they have shown with Keynote, they are capable of developing in house office applications that are better than what the Free software community can do. OpenOffice is valuable, but not perfect.
  
  I would really like to see a word processor geared more towards writers than business. Like Ulysses, but smoother, and more intuitive.