[svlug] StarOFfice to be GPL'd, integrated with Gnome

[Rafael]

On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, J C Lawrence wrote:

> On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 17:33:21 -0700 
> Rick Kwan <kenobi at coruscant.lightsaber.com> wrote:
> 
> > I just talked to my friends at Sun, who pointed me to the GNOME
> > website.  http://www.gnome.org It is also confirmed on the front
> > page of the Sun website.  http://www.sun.com
> 
> > Indications given to me were a high degree of integration.
> 
> Am I the only one to find this a little distressing?

Not really.

> I don't use Gnome or KDE or any other desktop-style interface.  I
> have no intention of ever using such for the simple resaon they they

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> 
> Ptui and a pox on their houses!  What happened to smaller is better?

It's alive and well, QNX. Their demo floppy disk is impressive. 1.4MB
includes "mini X" with a web browser, TCP/IP stack and more. Only guys who
develop embedded systems know that smaller is better. There is an open
project going on for mini X but you won't see it on any "popular
distribution."

> 
> <<One ceases to wonder at this point why I use Word Perfect for my
> word processor>>
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