[ale] Near FAQ: OpenOffice-1.0 and StarOffice-6.0 comparison

[John Mills]

Fulton, all -

Thanks for the note.

On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Fulton Green wrote:

> As I understand it, StarOffice adds several import filters and a spell
> checker.
> 
> Actually, a few more things:
> 
> http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/6.0/faq.html#1q5

Actually quite a bit of useful information there, including that they 
license _per_user_, regardless of how many boxen I install on: Linux, the 
Win98 setup on the same box, and my Win98 laptop. Completely neutral file 
exchange. Sane license terms. How rare.

Considering I paid $50.40 plus tax ($56.00 - 10%), I may break the seals 
and put it to work. That's cheaper than the Borders/Amazon web site.

FIWI - I shopped last week at Borders and got the discount certificate at 
checkout. It was valid for the subsequent week (i.e., now), to get me back 
into the store. Worked, too.

FWIF-II - StarOffice is in their Linux section and comes up on their 
inventory search looking like a paperback. A determined salesperson (and 
SO-5.2 user) helped me find it. Product code seems to be: 6946835 SP if 
anyone is interested.

 John Mills
 john.m.mills at alum.mit.edu

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