On Mon, 2002-01-21 at 00:39, Stephan Borg wrote: > B. Differences between StarOffice and OpenOffice.org
> * The source code available at OpenOffice.org does not consist of all of the >StarOffice code. Usually, the reason for this is that Sun pays to license third party >code to include in StarOffice that which it does not have permission to make >available in OpenOffice.org. Those things which are or will be present in StarOffice >but are not available on OpenOffice.org include: > * Certain fonts (including, especially, Asian language fonts) This is sometimes true, the asian fonts are the big one. Free versions are being sourced. This does nto appear to be a major difference. > * The database component (Adabas D) It can READ adabas, it cannot create one. This is probably not a major issue. Use mysql and some of those nice mysql components. > * Some templates Not aware of any. Anything sun has clear copyright on has been released. There is an install bug on templates with 641C fixed next release. > * Extensive Clip Art Gallery Yep... How much do you really use? > * Some sorting functionality (Asian versions) Projects going on this, fairly slow though. > * Certain file filters All file filters have been rewitten and debugged. Open Office is better that the closed source 5.2 now. Star Office will be free to download anyway, the only thing is bug fixes will be more current on Open Office by the nature of this. Most real users do not need this sort of instant upgrade, in fact it should be avoided to some degree. KenF -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
