Ivan Wang wrote:
>> Solaris Express includes both StarOffice 8 (European localized) and
>> StarSuite 8 (CJK localized) - I believe it decides which to install
>> based on your install locale and won't allow installing both at once.
> 
> Isn't it a bit too automated to depend on install locale to install either 
> StarOffice or StarSuite? for instance, I usually choose install locale as 
> english and system locale as C, but also with user login in traditional 
> chinese UTF8 locale. 
> In this case, I have no chance to choose at all.
> 
> By the way, it makes me wonder if Project Indiana to be the future SXCE, will 
> it take current SVR4 package (for example, to install StarSuite on a indiana 
> system.)
> Off topic in this list, but matters a lot for people already paid for a 
> seperate copy of SO/SS 8, solaris x86 version.

Given the requirement to be freely redistributable, I'd expect
Indiana to drop both StarOffice & StarSuite and just ship
OpenOffice.org instead, which should also help with the "which
localized version to install?" issue, but I haven't confirmed
that with the people building Indiana.

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        -Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith at sun.com
         Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering

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