[oclug] Sat evening rant

[Chris Herrnberger]

On Saturday 17 February 2001 19:57, you wrote:
> Chris Herrnberger wrote:
> > On Saturday 17 February 2001 15:01, you wrote:
> > > Since StarOffice is open sourced now, it could be checked for malicious
> > > (and secret stealing) code....
> >
> > The latest version has both spelling and prinitng disables while Sun
> > staffers re-write the code. Further its primarily a word processer and
> > not a full featured office suite at this time.
>
> Huh?  Coulda fooled me.  Its homepage says it's "The ultimate free,
> full-featured, integrated, interoperable office suite".  But that's hype
> of course.
>
> Maybe I'm missing something.  I'm using 5.2; the spreadsheets & graphics
> seem ok; spellcheck and printing work.  I use Corel Office a lot less
> these days.  SO filters for MS stuff work better, for one thing.
>
There is a big difference between the "open source" product to be found at 
openoffice.org and the closed source commercial application called StarOffice 
5.x that is not an open source product last time I checked the license. They 
are often confused but are two seperate and destinct products at least 
according to Sun. I was referring to the open office product.

Best

Chris