[ale] StarOffice

Wed Sep 1 14:52:34 EDT 1999

it's nice, but i don't use an office suite enough to really make a good
judgement

Chris

----- Original Message -----
 From: Chris Kilroy <kilroyc at ufl.edu>
Cc: ALE <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: [ale] StarOffice


> has anyone tried StarOffice for Winbloze yet?  like you say, the server is
> jammed.
>
> Michael Hirsch wrote:
>
> > MetroBoy <metroboy at sprynet.com> writes:
> >
> > > 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
> >
> > Has anyone managed to get a copy that they'd like to put up for
> > download?  If it is really an open license then that should be legal.
> > Their server is totally overloaded.
> >
> > I'm in an office with Windows people and I'd love to have it running.
> > They keep complaining about having to send me text copy.
> >
> > --
> > --Michael
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