Staroffice formerly Re: knoppix

[Leo J Mauler]

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 04:37:23 +0000 lerninlinux at comcast.net writes:
> On this whole Openoffice MySql debate,  you mentioned the difference 
> between MS Office standard and Pro.  If you check out Sun's site, 
> Staroffice comes with a database, Openoffice doesn't.  It's a way to 
> get you to pay, albeit cheaper then Microsoft.

I remember the problem with the Adabas database that could be integrated
with StarOffice 5.1 and 5.2: while StarOffice was free for personal use,
you had to "sign" a second agreement for the Adabas system as Adabas was
a third-party add-on to StarOffice.

So Sun's new version of StarOffice (6.0?) continues the tradition of the
database being more proprietary than the original suite.

> > Access comes only with the more expensive Office
> > Professional, Office Standard does not include it. And
> > neither come standard with consumer computers. $460
> > for MS Office XP Pro, or $0 for OOo + MySql. 
> > 
> > Check out the how-tos that I linked to earlier, it
> > makes interfacing with MySql via OOo nearly a
> > no-brainer.
> > 
> > --- Leo J Mauler <webgiant at juno.com> wrote:
> > > I've yet to figure out MySQL.  
> > 
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> 
> 

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