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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!tporczyk From: tporczyk@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk) Subject: Re: Historic Opportunity facing Free Unix (was Re: The Lai/Baker paper, benchmarks, and the world of free UNIX) Message-ID: <tporczykDpvxAE.4Gs@netcom.com> Organization: ITRC References: <4ki055$60l@Radon.Stanford.EDU> <jdd.829261293@cdf.toronto.edu> <tporczykDpqKHL.7vG@netcom.com> <4krmli$mlv@hahn.informatik.hu-berlin.de> Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 03:49:26 GMT Lines: 29 Sender: tporczyk@netcom14.netcom.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:21552 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:632 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3252 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3074 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17487 comp.os.linux.advocacy:45876 loewis@informatik.hu-berlin.de (Martin v. Loewis) writes: >In article <tporczykDpqKHL.7vG@netcom.com>, >Tony Porczyk <tporczyk@netcom.com> wrote: >>In case anyone might think otherwise, I'm a UNIX bigot, but I'm also a >>realist. I have neither time nor skill to write Word 6 or Excel killer >>for FreeBSD, so I am not going to bitch about the lack of those apps. >>It's just a fact of life. >You might be surprised to learn that the Star Office package is being >ported to Linux and will be soon released free of charge for noncommercial >use. StarOffice is an office automation package (word processor, spread >sheet, drawing tool) that runs on multiple platforms, including Win32, >OS/2, the Mac, and Solaris. Check out http://www.stardiv.de/ for details I certainly will. How much will it cost for commercial use? Remember, the competition is vicious. We're talking Claris Works for $69. If Star Office can compete, and if someone can package it with FreeBSD or Linux, pre-set it with email and other stuff and attack new markets that are not poisoned by Windoze, and add something extra, something that DOS/WinCrap doesn't have (besides OS features), like easy integration into workgroup sharing, it just might have a chance of succeeding. t. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Porczyk * tporczyk@netcom.com * San Jose, California GIT/ED d++$(!d) s++:++ a? C++++ USLB++++$ P+ E--- W(--) N++ !k w-- M- V? b- PS+++@ PE++ O X-- Y++@ PGP-- t+@ 5++ R* D---- e* V-- h* y** r+++(*)+++(*)>? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------