ThinkFree Online beta:
Another entry in the online/web based application race. This online office suite offers Microsoft Office compatible editing via a web based interface... ThinkFree Write, Calc and Show are clones of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. From the product description page...
ThinkFree Office Online is the first-ever online office suite that gives users free access to editing and the creation of Microsoft Office files, including Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, without buying any software. It includes 1GB of upgradeable storage, Blog embedding, and PDF creation. The suite of applications consists of a word processing software, ThinkFree Office Write; a spreadsheet, ThinkFree Office Calc; and presentation graphics software, and ThinkFree Office Show. ThinkFree Office Online service, using Java technology, is a web-desktop hybrid solution, combining the convenience of server-based computing with the power and responsiveness of desktop-based applications. The software is deployed from the server in Java applets. Once on the user's desktop, the applets do all the work requiring very little interaction with the server. After the first run, the applets are cached on the desktop computer, enabling quick-start in subsequent use.
They also offer a version of this that you can run on your own server, a desktop version, and several portable versions. An interesting entry in the online application race...
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