Re: [tech-cord] Microsoft

2002-08-01 Thread tmvail
Hasn't Microsoft learned anything from its antitrust battles? Can anyone spell BREAKUP? As soon as they try to tie one of their desktop applications to their OS through either licensing provisions or undocumented system calls, they could be in for more trouble than they can wiggle their way

RE: [tech-cord] Star Office (was:Microsoft)

2002-08-01 Thread Thomas Voss
If you haven't tried it already and are looking for an open source office suite, check out www.openoffice.org. It's backed by Sun and made to compete more directly with Microsoft then StarOffice was. The Windows and *nix version of the software is fully released, but the Mac is still a in

Re: [tech-cord] Star Office (was:Microsoft)

2002-08-01 Thread George Tuttle
Staroffice, I speculate, was developed to cut into the revenue stream of their competitor, Microsoft. Since a small revenue stream is being produced by Staroffice, they made a business decision of developing a product for the market that would really hurt Microsoft. Staroffice is also availa