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Re: Star Office



On 25-Mar-2001 Christoph Simon wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 08:51:28 -0300 (BRT)
> Carlos Laviola <claviola@ajato.com.br> wrote:
> 
>> > StarOffice is non-free and not packaged, so you will have to install
>> > it into /usr/local via a tarball.  eventually OpenOffice will be
>> > packaged but i think its still in a rather broken state since its
>> > StarOffice + `sanitation' of patented/stol^H^H^H^Hlicenced code.  
>> 
>> Not only that, but it also manages to be incredibly more bloated than
>> SOffice
>> 5.2 itself, and doesn't include any printing support (they're trying to
>> implement a free alternative to SO 5.2's old printing driver). However, I
>> must
>> admit that it is very good looking - supports my xfstt-supplied TT fonts et
>> al.
> 
> ...And Staroffice on Sun's site is definitively non-free at least for
> non-english speakers, as they can't download it anymore but need to
> pay +9 $ ordering the CD. Of course, they tell you so _after_ registering.

Are you sure? I mean, I'm downloading it right now. (big 95 mb d/l! thank god i
have cable.)

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vi rules. :)

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