Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 18:37:46 +0100 From: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OSS, Sun, GPL, random ramblings Message-ID: <20000821183746.D17647@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20000821103333.K4854@fw.wintelcom.net>; from bright@wintelcom.net on Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 10:33:34AM -0700 References: <20000821140419.B13975@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20000821103333.K4854@fw.wintelcom.net>
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On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 10:33:34AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote: | * j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> [000821 06:04] wrote: | > | > i've been reading and thinking lately (uh oh :) | > | > Once there are OSS versions of software available, | > is it likely these will grow to dominate, and squash innovation? Sun is | > releasing OSS applications like staroffice and others. what will be the | > motivation to write a competing one from scratch? | | Becasue last I checked Staroffice was a hunk of junk. :) touche'. but the NEXT one is supposed to be cool. :) component design and all. jcm -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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