[ale] StarOffice

[Christopher S. Adams]

if they're making it free for commercial use, then ms needs to be scared
now all they need to do is include a good interface to mysql and postgre :)

Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
 From: MetroBoy <metroboy at sprynet.com>
To: ALE <ale at ale.org>; 2600 <root at se2600.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:28 PM
Subject: [ale] StarOffice


> M$ BloatWare 97 & 2000 are now obsolete.  Sun has acquired StarOffice
> and is making it available for free.  It will soon be open source and
> cross-platform with Java APIs.  Let's hope they succeed where Corel
> failed.
> 
> http://www.sun.com/products/staroffice
> 
> Oh, and it can read/write MS Office file formats, too!  Now we need a
> "Burn All Office 97 CDs Day" in Redmond.  :)~
> 
> Ed
> 
>