[LI] RE: StarOffice and a thought

[Rahul Kumar <Rahul.Kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Atul

Thanks for your detailed reply .
I did (finally) manage to download SO from the sun sunsite ! altho' I doubt
that it'll run on RH6.0. I wonder why Sun is being so restrictive about SO,
how Linux can make a hit on the desktop without an Office suite. (And when
will SO run on glibc2.1 ??)

The other thing is that for Linux to be viable on the server end, we need to
have a well-known database that is cheaper than SQL Server on NT. I mean:
- Oracle is more expensive than SQL (I am not comparing the OS Costs for the
moment since NT Is often a given) (Darn! some customers say they already
have SQL with BackOffice)
- MySQL is not well-known in Windows circles, and it doesnt support
transactions & stored procedures. We also dont have good examples of
installations of MySQL and Postgresql. MySQL's fantastic benchmarks exist on
their own site and so are questionable, they also compare to Oracle using
ODBC which is unfair.

Recently, some folks started a thread on large scale Linux installations.
was looking forward to more cases, as such info makes it easier for guys
like me to promote Linux in large organizations. Examples of Govt / public
sector installations mailed to my account wd be much appreciated.

Cheers
RK

Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 10:10:53 +0530 (IST)
From: Atul Chitnis <achitnis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [LI] RE: StarOffice

On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Rahul  Kumar wrote:

> Also, how is Chip managing to put SO on CD ?

CHIP had permission to ..
(StarOffice is the #1 office suite in Europe, far outselling Microsoft
Office there ..
...
Sun Microsoystems no longer permits any kind of redistribution of SO in
any form other than download from their site or purchase. This also stops
PCQ (as well as CHIP or anyone else) from putting SO on their CDs, unless
Sun changes its policy (which is not likely). "Free", it appears, is
relative. 
....
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