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Date:      Tue, 31 Aug 1999 22:33:33 -0700 (MST)
From:      "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com>
To:        jkh@zippy.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Cc:        rich@chumbly.math.missouri.edu, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Sun to buy staroffice & release source ?
Message-ID:  <199909010533.WAA28310@freeway.dcfinc.com>
In-Reply-To: <7710.936163323@localhost> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Aug 31, 99 10:22:03 pm"

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As I recall, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> I'm not sure it really screws anyone since Applixware and StarOffice
> have different feature sets and don't actually compete head-to-head
> despite the fact that they both appear to be in the same application
> space.  Applix appears to be the more mature of the two products (it's
> certainly been around longer) and has a good reputation for not
> falling over.

Well, the Applixware folks may claim they don't compete head-to-head.
And Corel may claim that WordPerfect Suite doesn't compete head-to-head
with Micro$oft Office.

But to a consumer, the
"word processing/presentations/spreadsheet/data base/e-mail/web browsing"
toolkit hits the same user space no matter who's name is on it, or
how the GUI looks.

	-crl
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