Re: Star Office
On Wed, 15 Sep 1999 pjjarosz@cse.Buffalo.EDU wrote:
> This came off the news service:
>
> SUN: STAROFFICE IS CATCHING UP TO MS
> Sun Microsystems says its new office suite will break MS.
> http://www.zdnn.com/a/zdnn091599/2334192/
I caught this. I haven't found any supporting stuff on Sun's site,
though.
> It seems as if it only supports x86 Linux, but Sun is going to release
> the source (Im not sure what the license will be), so maybe we can work
> something out with Sun to get a port to Alpha? Either some of us try to
> port it to Debian Alpha or we lobby Sun to do it...
I say we "lobby with an offer" in the same way that I did with Compaq and
the compilers. Just lobby for the port and also volunteer to test and
help if needed. I usually then plug the .deb package format as well (so
they don't get RH-centric) and go from there.
> Can something like this be included in the dist?
Depends on the licensing. I guess we'll have to wait and find out.
C
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