On 03/14/2008 09:03 AM, Bret Busby wrote: > On Fri, 14 Mar 2008, Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > >> >> >> Le Ven 14 mars 2008 16:13, Bret Busby a écrit : >> >>> Interestingly, Star Office 5.2 had much interesting functionality, >>> such >>> as email, task scheduling, calendar, etc, and the functionality of >>> that >>> stuff, was deleted when Star Office 5.x was transformed into >>> OpenOffice. >> >> SO tried to be an autonomous integrated entity that praticaly took >> over all your desktop. It was massively unpopular with users, since SO >> had major problems working with anything not bundled within SO, and a >> lot of the applications bundled in were poor replacements of existing >> alternatives. >> >> The refocusing of SO on core office functionalities saved the product >> IMHO. The functionality you dream about was badly implemented, and a >> few good tools have more value than many bad ones. >> >> -- >> Nicolas Mailhot >> >> > > Well, we are all entitled to our opinions. > > Star Office 5.2 worked fairly well for me, and I miss its functionality. > > Some things could have been improved, over time, but the abandonment of > the functionality, and of the development of that suite, left a hole in > computing. > > Those are my opinions, and, as I said, we are each entitled to our > opinions; you to yours, and, me to mine. > > -- > Bret Busby > Armadale > West Australia > ..............
SO 5.2 used/uses MS Internet Explorer & Outlook Express as defaults. I had a heck of a time getting it to recognise Netscape. Anyway, you can certainly still run it if you wish: http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/staroffice/5.2/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
