From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Sep 1 6:55:24 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from overcee.netplex.com.au (overcee.netplex.com.au [203.38.14.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F9F115525 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 1999 06:55:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) Received: from netplex.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by overcee.netplex.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B5EC1CA8; Wed, 1 Sep 1999 21:54:56 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: Dominic Mitchell , Stephen Hocking-Senior Programmer PGS Perth , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: StarOffice giveaway of source code In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 01 Sep 1999 02:35:15 MST." <965.936178515@localhost> Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 21:54:56 +0800 From: Peter Wemm Message-Id: <19990901135456.4B5EC1CA8@overcee.netplex.com.au> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote: > > Where sun are involved, I wouldn't get your hopes up until you actually > > see source or something. And I wouldn't exactly call them quick, > > either. > > This is wise counsel. Also, don't discount the possibility that Sun may be talking about this in order to achieve some leverage with the likes of (say) Microsoft. For example, "If we don't get [xxx] from you, we'll do something to hurt your cash cow, MS Office".. Maybe I'm just being too cynical though, but I'll believe it when I see it. Cheers, -Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message