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

[Aaron Lehmann]

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?
> 
> 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
> don't do anything I want.

Sun wasn't satisfied with the level of bloat in StarOffice so they decided
to link against the most bloated desktop environment in the world.


Aaron Lehmann