Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 13:37:44 -0700 From: "Freddie Cash" <fcash@sd73.bc.ca> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OSS, Sun, GPL, random ramblings Message-ID: <39A28228.15037.DFD817@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008221329300.4559-100000@orthanc.dsl.gtei.net> References: <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?
Not sure about the GPL part, but it was free (as in beer) before SUN
got ahold of it. Version 5 was the first free ver I believe (that's
when I first heard of it) but previous version were payware.
> And while I'm asking lame questions, what was Java called before the
> marketing people named it Java?
Something along the lines of Oak.
Freddie Cash
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