Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 18:25:03 -0400 (AST) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: sbabkin@dcn.att.com Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Detailed info on Fail-safe cluster for Freebsd/unixes Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811161822310.333-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <C50B6FBA632FD111AF0F0000C0AD71EE018C1D9A@dcn71.dcn.att.com>
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On Mon, 16 Nov 1998 sbabkin@dcn.att.com wrote:
> > From: The Hermit Hacker [SMTP:scrappy@hub.org]
> >
> > Actually, I have to quickly agree with Chuck on this...I don't
> > personally want WordPerfect, mind you. But, I would be willing to pay for
> > a copy of StarOffice 5.0 if it were native to FreeBSD, since it would
> > effectively allow me to totally ditch any reliance I have on Winbloze...
> >
> There exists the native Applixware for FreeBSD, you
> can get if from WC CD-ROM. No, I have not tried it
> yet, but I have already ordered it :-)
Last I saw, it isn't available until February...and I'm eagerly
awaiting it :) I'd put my order in rigth now, except that I dont' have a
credit card to do so with :(
> Personally, I think that it should be announced more
> loudly both on the mailing lists (perhaps -announce?)
> and the web site. I believe that having a native office
> package is an important milestone for FreeBSD.
Agreed...I rarely go to www.cdrom.com to check things out, and
altho I assume that there was an announcement put out to the lists, I
never saw it :(
Do we have a 'news' web page that one can look at for milestones?
ie. 3.0 Released on Oct XX ... Porting of Applixware started on XX :)
Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
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