Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1062 mails)

[stefan.troeger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Stefan Troeger)]

Hi,

On Wed, Sep 02, 1998 at 06:56 -0600, Kurt Janz wrote:

> Their (Staroffices) condition is that you register. Once
> you register, you have access to a download area which
> contains updates of their software. 
> 
> The Linux update is the full version rather than patches.
> 
> So with a blurry vision, one might see a free download
> but you gotta buy the thing first in order to be able
> to register.
> 
> Please correct me, if I am wrong.

Yes, IMHO you are wrong :-) StarOffice is free (no charge, not
OpenSource) for personal nonprofit use. StarDivision asks the
people how download it to register first, so they know if there
is someone how actually uses SO.

You can also use ftpsearch to find a mirror that carries SO and
get it without registering first, but if everyone did so
StarDivision might come to the conclusion that nobody is using
SO for Linux and might stop developing it.

If you don't want to download 50+ Mb you can order a CD along
with a bound manual from StarDivision for about 70 DM. Or you
can contact Caldera and get the commercial version.

Ciao,
        Stefan
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