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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Office file format request....
From:       Mark Zealey <kde () itsolve ! co ! uk>
Date:       2000-03-09 21:35:30
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On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, dep wrote:

> 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.

What I ment was that they have cracked the office format, and so maybe
they would be more likly to tell you what it is...

Cheers,

Mark Zealey
mark@itsolve.co.uk

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