Just a thought. Why does everything have to be free? Paying $40-$50 for a office suite is not the end of the world. its not like $250-$300 for MS Office.
And if you don't want to spend any money, use Open Office insted or some other free software. /MattB On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 14:16, Mike Calloway wrote: > According to, http://lwn.net, Linux Weekly News: > > No more free StarOffice downloads. Linux users have long been accustomed to > being able to download the StarOffice suite for free. It is one of the best > deals out there: a complex, highly functional office suite which can be had > for the price of a download. Seemingly, the deal was a little too good; the > word has now slipped out that StarOffice 6.0 will be a proprietary product. > At least for some operating systems; the Solaris version will remain free > (of charge). > > There's always OpenOffice... in the Contribs, I think. > > >From: "William R. Nash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: "Cooker List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: [Cooker] Star Office > >Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 16:02:21 -0500 > > > >I know I'm jumping the gun some what I was wondering if star office will be > >added to the lm8.2 list. If so which version 5.2 or 6.0. I know beta 6.0 > >ended in December and the finial version is out anytime now. I have not > >heard anything from sun about the new version. > >Bill > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > >
