On 3/19/06, Fred A. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The URL is dated May 25, 2004. Microsoft quotes JUKEBOX as claiming > that > they supposedly switched claims they migrated to OpenOffice in the late > 1990's.
<snip> Sun didn't release the proprietary StarOffice 5.2 source code to the Open > Source community until Oct 13, 2000 > http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/10/13/001013hnstaroffice.html StarOffice by StarDivision also had free releases that were available in the late 90s. http://linuxgazette.net/issue09/staroffice.html http://www.ecn.wfu.edu/~plug/mail_archive/9811/0091.html Since OpenOffice.org *is* the updated free version of the StarOffice from the late 1990s - it is fair to use the same name for both products. -- - Chad Smith http://www.gimpshop.net/ http://www.whatisopenoffice.org/ Because everyone loves free software! http://www.chadwsmith.com/ Because, admit it, you've got nothing better to do right now...
