>From: Tom Chilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Feb 18, 2007 4:42 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [users] OpenOffice for OS/2 > >I did try google... but all I can find is a version available "for >immediate download...to all customers of >an active Support Agreement for OpenOffice.org for eComStation and IBM >OS/2 " > >As I don't particularly want a support agreement his isn't relevant >to me and I was wondering if anyone on here knew of a generic OO >version for OS/2.
Tom: Work is ongoing to create a port to OS/2 of the current version. This is most interesting as Star Office was originally built to run on OS/2 by the German team (OS/2 had a much larger following in Europe as does Linux because MS could not enforce their policies on computer sellers as they could in the United States (we are more of a commodity marketplace where the lowest price rules sales.)) I don't know if Sun stopped work on this version or if the project stopped due to a lack of knowledgeable programmers. This is also part of the reason that the Video Control Layer (VCL) was written in Windows16 code. Both Windows and OS/2 used this common code until the introduction of WindowsNT (this is when MS made a complete break from IBM and thus OS/2.) The porting page points to Innotek, but I am aware of a new team working on an OS/2 port. James McKenzie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
