I listed not one, but 2 links to answer that very question.... people - please read the thread before asking already answered questions.
On 3/19/06, Kirill S. Palagin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Was Startoffice ever free? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chad Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 8:33 AM > > To: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [users] An example of a fake Microsoft "Get the Facts"? > > > > 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.h > > > tml > > > > > > 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... > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- - 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...
