2007/8/19, Manfred J. Krause <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi, > > 2007/8/18, Pete Holsberg wrote: > > > > Now that Star Office 8 is free from Google, what affect will this have > on > > OOo? > > SO8 is free *from* Google, but it isn't free *for* Google ... > as far as I know, Google is paying a not published sum for the SO8 > licences ... > and Sun, as main sponsor of OOo, will get much money for the further > development of OOo ... ;-) > > ... by the way -> > [press release] > 'Sun Microsystems Announces StarOffice Software Suite > to be Distributed Through Google Pack' > http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2007-08/sunflash.20070815.1.xml > > ... a better question could be: What will be the effect on MS Office? > ... ;-) > > Manfred
>From what I understand, the few features unavailable in OOo that are available in Star Office are not of major importance for most users. The really important question is that posed by Manfred - what will be the effect on MS Office, or rather, that suites nearly total dominance of the corporate market. If Google's backing of the Star Office suite can contribute to destroying this hegemony, it will be of great service to us all, both users of OOo, users of MS Office, and those who use both.... Henri
