Was Startoffice ever free? > -----Original Message----- > From: Chad Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 8:33 AM > To: users@openoffice.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [users] An example of a fake Microsoft "Get the Facts"? > > On 3/19/06, Fred A. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > The URL is dated May 25, 2004. Microsoft quotes JUKEBOX > as claiming > > that > > they supposedly switched claims they migrated to OpenOffice in the > > late 1990's. > > > <snip> > > Sun didn't release the proprietary StarOffice 5.2 source code > to the Open > > Source community until Oct 13, 2000 > > > http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/10/13/001013hnstaroffice.h > > tml > > > StarOffice by StarDivision also had free releases that were > available in the late 90s. > > http://linuxgazette.net/issue09/staroffice.html > > http://www.ecn.wfu.edu/~plug/mail_archive/9811/0091.html > > Since OpenOffice.org *is* the updated free version of the > StarOffice from the late 1990s - it is fair to use the same > name for both products. > > -- > - Chad Smith > http://www.gimpshop.net/ > http://www.whatisopenoffice.org/ > Because everyone loves free software! > http://www.chadwsmith.com/ > Because, admit it, you've got nothing better to do right now... >
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