[Gllug] RedHat

[Richard Cohen]

On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Jackson, Harry wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I am currently trying to out guess our IT department as to the questions
> that they are going to ask when I request the RH box on the network...

[snip]

> Office (Must be compatible with Word, Excel, PowerPoint I am not sure if
> there is a Project equivalent) Star Office. I have also had a look at the
> Binary Code License that they comes with Star Office and from what I gather
> it is completely free for internal use. I find this hard to believe as I was
> expecting the normal "free to single user companies have to pay" agreement.

NOT AN OFFICIAL COMPANY STATEMENT!
As far as I know, and I *have* read the BCL, StarOffice is now free for
*any* use.  You are welcome to obtain a copy from any legal distributor
(like me :-), install it on as many machines as you want, and use it for
anything you want.  It's completely unsupported - the idea is that you get
the software for free, get hooked on it, then have to crawl to us for
support!  And *then* we get your money.

Wait, the last part isn't strictly true - but it is the point.  It's free
for any use, but companies which want to roll it out will be willing to pay
for support.  If you don't want support, you're invisible, and there's
nothing wrong with that...

[snip]

> It should be an interesting few weeks. So be prepared for some daft
> questions.

Always! :-)

> Regards;
> Harry Jackson.

Cheers
Richard


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