December 11, 2007 10:25 AM PST

Ulteo brings OpenOffice to Web browser

Ulteo, a company staffed by Linux veterans, on Wednesday launched the test version of a service that lets people run the OpenOffice.org desktop suite in the Firefox or Internet Explorer browsers.

The hosted version of OpenOffice version 2.3 supports PDF printing.

(Credit: Ulteo)

The service is designed to let people collaborate with OpenOffice documents online and use the open-source application suite without having to download it.

People can also exchange documents in Microsoft's Office format or PDF. The service also supports the OpenDocument Format standard.

There are already several companies offering online versions of traditional desktop applications, including Google, Zoho, and others. Microsoft on Monday released Office Live Workspace, which lets people share Office documents on a hosted Web server.

The Ulteo service is aimed specifically toward people who use the OpenOffice suite.

At the head of the company are Thierry Koehrlen, chief executive, and Gael Duval, chairman and chief technology officer. Duval founded Linux distributor Mandriva but was ousted last year.

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Interesting...
by Commander_Spock December 11, 2007 11:40 AM PST
... development. Now, where is the Instant Messaging (IM) Functionality; and, the Composite Applications. Are these applications *platform* independent!!!
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Not only Firefox...
by damayeremi December 11, 2007 12:30 PM PST
I've tried it under IE7 and it works very well!
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Error in article?
by Marbux December 11, 2007 12:58 PM PST
In the cutlines for the screengrab, you've got OpenOffice v. 3.2. I'm guessing that should be 2.3 instead, the current version of OOo.
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