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Google Acquires Quickoffice

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Re: Google Acquires Quickoffice

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Post by cryptoz »

pajju wrote: post #7

This a Big kill for other Office apps in the Store. Google's dominance and monopoly is killing smaller start-ups and Businesses which isn't good for our community. They acquired Motorola Mobile, and it was a kill for other Android OEM's.

Google doesn't have any monopolies. They dominate search, but their showing in office/productivity applications has been abysmal. No domination there.

Google bought Motorola Mobility, who have been intensely underperforming for the last couple of years. Other manufacturers have been excelling; look at the success Samsung has had, for example. If you really fear Google and their dominance, office productivity apps shouldn't be the center of your fear.

Re: Google Acquires Quickoffice

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Post by enjo »

snewman wrote: post #5
superxor wrote: post #3

I once used Quickoffice on a Symbian S60 phone. I should say, it's capabilities were pretty impressive. Especially with the meager resources available on those old so-called smart phones. I hope this helps Google build better native Office apps. Obviously, will also be a big addition to their Docs back-end. But it has always puzzled me, with the infinite resources Google has, it still has not been able to develop a s…

Yeah, it's pretty hard. Microsoft's spec (for the OOXML formats) is over 6,000 pages long, and extremely hard to follow by all accounts. And no, that's not a 10-page specification followed by 5,990 pages of examples. The Office apps have incredibly complex functionality, and then factor in decades of revisions, upgrades, overlays, and general complexity creep. Also bear in mind that while Google does have large (not…

Keep in mind, Quickoffice (I was there) did that before the spec was released:)

Re: Google Acquires Quickoffice

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Post by 51Cards »

Brilliant... excellent buy for Google. I have used QuickOffice across several mobile devices and it always impresses. Tie this to Google Docs, scrap that Android "Docs" thing Google launched last year, and we have a winner. Not to mention a cross platform win.

Re: Google Acquires Quickoffice

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel »

51Cards wrote: post #13

Brilliant... excellent buy for Google. I have used QuickOffice across several mobile devices and it always impresses. Tie this to Google Docs, scrap that Android "Docs" thing Google launched last year, and we have a winner. Not to mention a cross platform win.

There's already QuickOffice Connect, which works great with Google Docs. I used to use it a lot.

Re: Google Acquires Quickoffice

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Post by pajju »

cryptoz wrote: post #11
pajju wrote: post #7

This a Big kill for other Office apps in the Store. Google's dominance and monopoly is killing smaller start-ups and Businesses which isn't good for our community. They acquired Motorola Mobile, and it was a kill for other Android OEM's.

Google doesn't have any monopolies. They dominate search, but their showing in office/productivity applications has been abysmal. No domination there. Google bought Motorola Mobility, who have been intensely underperforming for the last couple of years. Other manufacturers have been excelling; look at the success Samsung has had, for example. If you really fear Google and their dominance, office productivity apps sho…

What do you have to say for the other numerous Office apps in the Android market and AppStore?

Re: Google Acquires Quickoffice

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Post by enjo »

I'm incredibly excited for the guys at Quickoffice! Its really interesting, I still feel like Quickoffice is my baby (I was the lead architect from 2002-2008). It's actually kind of bittersweet to see the whole thing grown up and headed off to Google.

My first startup experience was working in a closet (literally) on the Palm version of Quicksheet as the second development hire.

Over the next 6 years we were bought and sold (twice) and along the way kept growing into an amazing team. It's been really fun being on the forefront of the mobile revolution (Palm -> Symbian -> modern phones/tablets). Quickoffice will always be a very important period in my life.

So congratulations to Google, you've acquired a great product and an even better team. I can't wait to see what the folks at Google have planned. I have no doubt this is a match that will be huge for their plans in the enterprise market going forward:)

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