According to South Korean media has reported, Google Inc. is seeking to acquire South Korean office software vendors ThinkFree, South Korea-related people said, Google acquired the company hopes to release a desktop version of the Microsoft Office "clone" software.
The disclosure of information to South Korean media is president of South Korea's Haansoft Software Jong Jin Baek, Google plans to acquire the ThinkFree Corporation is a subsidiary of Haansoft Corporation.
ThinkFree's main product is the Office software, including Write, Calc and Show the three components, corresponding to the Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The company's software is based on Java technology, in addition to the desktop version but also by ThinkFree.com Online website, and Google's online word processing and spreadsheet software are similar products.
According to reports, Haansoft senior ThinkFree is not yet agreed to sell to Google.
Baek revealed that this month, Google bought YouTube, the company responsible for the team and ThinkFree companies have been contacted twice. , Google said the company plans to acquire ThinkFree, rather than its parent.
Baek on the "Korea Times" said that they were unwilling to give up control of the company ThinkFree, but hopes and Google Inc. to build a strategic alliance to promote the office software. However, he said, Google is not interested in aspects of the proposal.
Currently, ThinkFree website has been provided free of charge to users of network applications. Although some software BUG and unstable conditions, but overall it still was a positive evaluation of the user. And similar to Google's applications, the company's online version may also provide documents to share, also provides 1GB of free file storage space.
The company's Office software, the software industry in Korea, even as the "Microsoft Office clone", because it deliberately mimics Microsoft's menu and interface, the document also can be saved into Microsoft's format. In addition to some of the more complex functions, ThinkFree's Office products have been able to achieve most of the functionality of Microsoft.
According to Baek said, Google side to negotiate the acquisition of the team led by the Eustace, who is responsible for technical and Google Inc. senior vice president of research and development.
Currently, Google Inc. has not yet comment on the South Korean media.
This year in March, Google acquired a word-processing site Writely, then released the online word-processing and spreadsheet applications. Not long ago, Google announced the acquisition of Israel's network of electronic forms company iRows, to compensate for the shortcomings of electronic forms without an icon.
source: http://www.softcov.com/desktop-office-software/google-commune-acquisition-of-korean-companies.html
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