Peter Hillier-Brook wrote:
As for using OOo commercially, is that what Sun really want? Without understanding their strategy in releasing OOo AND Star Office, notionally based on the same source code, it is very difficult to see their imperative to provide professional repairs to basic functionality in OOo, such as the Mail Merge/Label deficiencies. After all, it can be fixed in Star Office and they get paid for it!
There is indeed added value in the StarOffice product. The entire product line used to be available free, but some corporate groups refused to use a free product. Then they said, "Hey, it cost money, sure, you can use it." It was the strangest thing. On the other hand, you get support when you pay for a product, well, usually you do.
They give away lots of things, like Java... They have a lot of very interesting reasons for doing such things.
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