[WarpCast] StarOffice for OS/2 - 6/21/00 |
Network Trace for OS/2 - Turn any OS/2 machine into a network probe. - Take a trace on any segment in the network, in minutes. - A software-only, hardware-independent implementation. http://www.goldencode.com/ntrace.html ********************************************************************* Source: John Drabik (jdrabik@xmission.com) Moderator: Trevor Smith (trevor@haligonian.com) ------------------------------------------------------- Re: the WarpCast announcement on Sun's StarOffice, I sent them an e-mail asking if they could release the source code so that OS/2 users could (potentially) support the program themselves. I received a response from their support group, indicating that Sun does still intend to release the StarOffice source code, although no time frame has been set. Obviously, it has been many, many months since their original announcement that source would be released. The address to respond to at Sun is "SCSL Customer Service". The text of their message is: "As part of the long-term planning for StarOffice, Sun has assessed platform demand, momentum in the marketplace, the cost of porting to those platforms, as well as the business case for adding or dropping platforms. Based on this analysis, Sun will no longer release future versions of the StarOffice Suite on OS/2. Version 5.1a will be the last version of StarOffice on OS/2. Sun will provide a range of support and transition assistance to OS/2 customers. StarOffice software will continue to be available on the Solaris operating environment, Linux and Windows 2000/98/95/NT. Sun will be releasing the StarOffice source code in the future through the Sun Community Source Licensing model. Please check the sun.com/staroffice web page for the latest information. No release date is set yet." ------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe, unsubscribe, or for more information on WarpCast, visit: http://www.warpcast.com/ -------------------------------------------------------