Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 19:30:26 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OSS, Sun, GPL, random ramblings Message-ID: <20000821193026.D258@parish> 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. :) > But at least it isn't a Microsoft hunk of junk :) > -Alfred > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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