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Office EU - Europe's Open-Source Productivity Suite (office.eu)

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[–] baguette@piefed.social 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

This interview (Dutch) with the investor should, in my opinion, scare people away from it. It's just a bunch of none-answers and uncertainty

Q: Is that your plan with Office EU too? To sell it after a few years?

A: Tja, I am not sure about that. I can't see that far into the future, I don't know.

Q: So which apps don’t use Nextcloud?

A: Once we’re live, I’ll show you.

Q: Have you written any code around it yourselves?

A: A great deal has been written around it. (This is literally the whole answer to that question)

Q: Could you give an example of that? Will that be open source too?

Q: Well, look, you know what it is? I don’t really feel comfortable talking about this. You approached me. I’m saying: I’m not actually ready for this yet, because we’re sorting out a few things.

[–] sanzky@beehaw.org 13 points 1 day ago

this looks a lot like that "European X alternative" named "W" which was vaporware. I wish journalist were more critical with the claims of these people.

[–] MoonRaven@feddit.nl 7 points 1 day ago

And saying a free version will not come despite the FAQ saying it is..