I downloaded the program and, at first glance, I can't see that much difference from Open Office. Of course, I have just begun to check it out.
-- Howard Sallee -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "M Henri Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
