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To: mozek who wrote (47928)	7/18/2000 11:21:20 AM
From: Charles Tutt	Respond to of 74651

I suppose that's one interpretation. Another could be that they're about to release StarPortal, making StarOffice useful primarily as "free trial" software. A little like including Microsoft Works with the OS, in the hopes that folks will move up to Office. JMHO, of course.

To: mozek who wrote (47928)	7/18/2000 1:21:46 PM
From: JC Jaros	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

There's that 'open' word again coming from a junior embrace and extinguish ranger. --- Mozek, you people are getting beaten over the head with 'open'. Sun is 'pretending' to be open? And MS is 'pretending' to be clueless? --- StarOffice has always been free. It was free when Sun bought it. Now Sun is freeing the source code (gasp) under the GNU license AND is about to release the ASP version FREE. --- Sun can do that because it's going to sell Sun a LOT of servers. When (way down the road ahead) MS theoretically catches up in the ASP space, what will they be able to sell with their free software? Mice? --- By the time MS gets there with their proprietary software, 'Open' will already *be there, and be there for FREE (no money). --- And you're here to brush this off, are you? -JCJ