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Calligra and LibreOffice already exist though. I am not against this in principle but couldn’t they have invested in an existing FOSS project?
Wait LibreOffice has a cloud?
Yes but… https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-online/
Note: The LibreOffice Online repository at TDF is temporarily frozen. Updates on this will be published on our blog and on our website.
yeah
A lot of government programs don't really make sense and are there just to put a name on a CV sadly. Collabora Online does exactly that and is primary licensed under Mozilla Public License.
They could have easily expanded Collabora. But you know, can't stamp your name on it.
To be fair, though a new project might not be as efficient as improving another, projects learn off each other, and sometimes it's good to have developmental 'competition', and variety.
While both of those are great software. Unless I'm not aware of something they aren't cloud/network based office suites like Google docs and office 365.
It seems this is an alternative to office software where you can work simultaneously and share documents in the same cloud/network.
I don't think there is an alternative to office 365 and Google docs at this point that is open source. So this seems like a great project and I'll definitely be considering it for our company.
There is nextcloud and others you can self host at least.
There's onlyoffice for cloud based office
OnlyOffice has a lot of ties with Russia/CIS. I'd personally avoid it on that basis.
Do you have Amy sources on that
OnlyOffice has a lot of ties with Russia/CIS. I'd personally avoid it on that basis.
Onlyoffice seems a little slack on the security and updates. I saw the warnings in the desktop package, have they made sure the online offerings are secure?
what do you mean?
If there are issues like this, sounds like a good goal for a country that wants to divest from US tech companies.
What about Collabora Online? It integrates nicely into Nextcloud, but I am not sure about pricing for business use.
https://www.collaboraonline.com/collabora-online/
Guide for self hosting: https://collabora-online-for-nextcloud.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install/
Thanks I'll definitely check that out. I've seen some posts about it working on Synology Nas devices so that's very interesting.
If you ever diverge away from proprietary Synology solution, NextCloud has 100% integration with Collabora too.
Can either of those do collaborative editing? I usually think of that feature when I think of Google Docs