Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 13:31:52 -0700 (PDT) From: The Clark Family <res03db2@gte.net> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OSS, Sun, GPL, random ramblings Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008221329300.4559-100000@orthanc.dsl.gtei.net> In-Reply-To: <20000821103333.K4854@fw.wintelcom.net>
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Sun keeps getting credit for Star Office. Just to set my memory straight, wasn't Star Office a standalone GPL project, even before Sun came along? And while I'm asking lame questions, what was Java called before the marketing people named it Java? [RC] On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, 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. :) > > -Alfred > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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