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Date:      Tue, 15 Apr 1997 00:39:51 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Wolfram Schneider <wosch@apfel.de>
To:        Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
Cc:        ggm@connect.com.au (George Michaelson), msmith@freefall.freebsd.org, CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-ports@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/editors/staroffice - Imported sources
Message-ID:  <199704142239.AAA00727@campa.panke.de>
In-Reply-To: <199704110220.LAA08535@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
References:  <16076.860724321@connect.com.au> <199704110220.LAA08535@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>

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Michael Smith writes:
>Because StarDivision are a small company, and a group of their
>employees have gone out on a limb and done the Linux port at obviously
>considerable personal credibility risk.  Demanding another port of
>them would be unlikely to enthuse them at all, especially when we
>emulate the Linux ABI so well.

StarDivision is a major player in Germany. StarDivision sells some
20-50000 user licenses to large German companies. 

--
Wolfram Schneider    <wosch@apfel.de>    http://www.apfel.de/~wosch/



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