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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Office file format request....
From:       dep <dep () snet ! net>
Date:       2000-03-09 17:51:56
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On Thu, 09 Mar 2000, Mark Zealey wrote:

| Well, maybe it's worth asking them? I thought they would release to
| source for porting to new OS's etc...

they've made no announcement about going open source, though they 
have said that under a particular set of circumstances, strictly 
controlled by sun, they will make the source available to people in 
their developer network. in short -- no open source.

though they'd be wise to make their file format spec available, 
because interoperability is what will keep staroffice from being a 
niche product.

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