Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 17:21:55 -0700 From: Gregory Carvalho <GregoryC@stcinc.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, Steve Friedrich <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> Subject: Re: Effect of Sun on Star Office and FreeBSD Message-ID: <37DC43A3.29F93243@stcinc.com> References: <199909122044.QAA10175@laker.net>
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Steve Friedrich wrote: > > I had hoped that Star Office would eventually be (again?) ported to > FreeBSD. Also, did Applixware finally make their port ? It was > supposed to be available in Feb 99. But it slipped. Did it fall? Tomorrow I will be posting a solicitation to Sun for a native version of FreeBSD to Sun at: news://starnews.sun.com/staroffice.com.feature in article: FreeBSD version of StarOffice stating: "I am soliciting Sun to release a native version of StarOffice for FreeBSD. I recognize Sun will be releasing the source code of StarOffice, and I beleive this to be wise under Sun's CSL. IMHO, a moderating entity is requisite for an open source project, particularly when enterprise deployments involved. I express two rationales for this request: 1) FreeBSD (BSD in general) is a mature, innovative, and technically advancing operating system, with expanding market share from which Sun's StarOffice will benefit. 2) Sun's CSL would require royalties if one of the other platform versions of StarOffice is ported to FreeBSD by an entity other than Sun once the source code is released. FreeBSD imposes no licensing payment; therefore the royalty payment would be prohibitive." I would appreciate critisism and expansion for this post. I will post it at 16:00 UTC. Steve, AFAIK, Applixware for FreeBSD is a project of Walnut Creek CDROM, and it is still under development/porting last I heard. Cordially, Gregory Carvalho GregoryC@stcinc.com Simplified Technology Company http://www.stcinc.com In God I Trust! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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