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Re: [Plug] Star Office, (database and Jet Engine) thread
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Maybe I'm reading a bit too much into the original post (below...)
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scatterbrained@mailandnews.com on 11/30/99 08:02:50 AM
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Subject: Re: [Plug] Star Office
Casey Liscum wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I work at UofPenn and we distribute CD's quarterly to everyone affiliated
> with the University. My boss sent this:
>
> > A student suggested that we consider putting the StarOffice Suite (MS
> > Office clone) on the PennConnect CD next year. A site license is cheap
> > ($1,000 unlimited, I think) so cost is not an issue.
> >
> > Do any of you have experience with StarOffice, or have you read or
> heard
> > things that would indicate that this is a good/bad idea?
>
> Any opinions?
>
Sun owns StarOffice now. A CD can be purchased from them for about $10.
I've used it since version 4.0 and like it. The only real problem is
it's handling of databases. If you want to use an Access database then
MS Jet Engine MUST be running before StarOffice attempts to open it.
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mryan@netaxs.com on 12/01/99 04:17:24 PM
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Subject: Re: [Plug] Star Office
On Wed, 1 Dec 1999 tburba@GLCORPIS01.usvision.com wrote:
> OK, it was hinted at that it might run on Linux with Star Office? If so,
> who, what, when, where, which, how and why? (That's what is meant by the
> "skinny" for you youngsters...)
Our resident database expert has heard anything about a Linux or Unix
implemetation of JET. I will say, however, that JET is on its way of
losing support on the MS platform in favor of MSDE.
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