Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 08:51:17 +0100 From: Clem.Dye@wdr.com To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, GregoryC@stcinc.com, SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com Subject: RE: Re: Effect of Sun on Star Office and FreeBSD Message-ID: <H00000820220105c@MHS>
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I visited Sun's website last week and posted a message about availability of StarOffice on both FreeBSD & BeOS. So far, no reply ...... Clem -----Original Message----- From: GregoryC Sent: 13 September 1999 01:22 To: freebsd-questions; SteveFriedrich Cc: GregoryC Subject: Re: Effect of Sun on Star Office and FreeBSD 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 This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This message is provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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