Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 01:59:34 +0100 From: "Ian J Greely" <ian@tirnanog.org> To: "Manfred Usselmann" <Usselmann.M@icg-online.de>, "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: WYSIWYG word processor needed Message-ID: <001201bf1cf1$e0361500$020afea9@ciara>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thanks for the clarification Manfred. I like this new model but it does concern me that the more profitable products will be those that fail the most. Umm... Out of interest has anyone actually configured it up? I tried on 3.2 but went to bed when it started to complain of missing linux compatability modules... I use in on Doze though... and I've stopped helping "family N friends" using Office now that there is an alternative I can get them running. :-) Great business move by Sun. Pity about the damn thing trying to take over the computer once it's installed. regards, Ian - -----Original Message----- From: Manfred Usselmann <Usselmann.M@icg-online.de> To: FreeBSD Questions (E-mail) <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>; Ian J Greely <ian@tirnanog.org> Date: Saturday, October 23, 1999 1:45 AM Subject: Re: WYSIWYG word processor needed >Yes, check for yourself. But as far as I can see it is really free for use within your own >organisation. The restriction is, you have no right to distribute it. Except as educational >institution, then you can distribute within the institution to faculty, staff and currently enrolled >students, but only without charging the distribution. > >From http://www.sun.com/products/staroffice/index.html: > >"The .com office business model: Free for personal and commercial use; pay only for >services and support. " > >From http://www.sun.com/products/staroffice/get.html > >"StarOffice 5.1 is FREE* software! > >* Customer pays media, shipping, and handling charges. " > >"Internal-Only Use >You may freely install StarOffice on multiple computers within your own INTERNAL >organization (or school.) " > >Manfred > >On Sat, 23 Oct 1999 00:40:29 +0100, Ian J Greely wrote: > >>Umm, >> >>I don't fully recall the licence agreement. *smile* Anyone using it for >>commercial reasons should >>read the licence. I have the feeling that there are restrictions in the >>licence related to business usage >>more from reading the press releases on the Sun site than reading the data >>on the CD. >> >>regards, >>Ian >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Manfred Usselmann <Usselmann.M@icg-online.de> >>To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> >>Cc: Ian J Greely <ian@tirnanog.org>; J McKitrick >><jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> >>Date: Friday, October 22, 1999 9:52 PM >>Subject: Re: WYSIWYG word processor needed >> >> >>>On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 11:21:12 +0100, Ian J Greely wrote: >>> >>>>Star Office from Sun? >>>> >>>>It will have to run in Linux compatability mode but now that Sun have >>>>bought out the company >>>>single user "home" licences are free. www.sun.com >>> >>>Since Sun bought StarDivision the licence is free for _commercial_ use too! >>> >>> >>>-- >>>Manfred Usselmann >>>usselmann.m@icg-online.de >>>-------------------------------------------------- >>>I C G Informationstechnologie Consulting GmbH >>>Bahnstr. 7, D-65835 Liederbach / Ts. >>>Tel. +49 69 333 623, Fax +49 69 306 845 >>>-------------------------------------------------- >>>http://www.icg-online.de >>>-------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > >-- >Manfred Usselmann >usselmann.m@icg-online.de >-------------------------------------------------- >I C G Informationstechnologie Consulting GmbH >Bahnstr. 7, D-65835 Liederbach / Ts. >Tel. +49 69 333 623, Fax +49 69 306 845 >-------------------------------------------------- >http://www.icg-online.de >-------------------------------------------------- > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.0.2i iQA/AwUBOBEIdPV49GQ1PAIGEQLQ/ACgkYwmd0fxe2BuW49lsn1uEjwk8PEAoPL/ di6wqKfEcgi7JMBX4ghGHZ4l =YOLk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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