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Re: Novell Put up a Show

__/ [ Rick ] on Tuesday 28 March 2006 15:18 \__

> billwg wrote:
>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:e0acht$gi1$3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 
>>>__/ [ Rick ] on Monday 27 March 2006 22:31 \__
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 21:24:03 +0000, billwg wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>>news:e098dl$70j$5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>
>>>>>>Novell Touts Integrated Suite at BrainShare
>>>>>>
>>>>>>,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>>| Novell Inc. is taking a page out of Microsoft Corp.'s marketing
>>>>>>| playbook while trying to sidestep its juggernaut rival.
>>>>>>`----
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>
>>>http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/story/0,10801,109923,00.html
>>>
>>>>>"Longtime Novell customer Robert McInerney, North American
>>>>>information
>>>>>systems infrastructure manager at TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.,
>>>>>said that
>>>>>he is "intrigued" by Novell's new version of OpenOffice. The custom
>>>>>tool
>>>>>offers more compatibility with Microsoft Office's file formats,
>>>>>fonts and
>>>>>Visual Basic scripts than the open-source version."
>>>>>
>>>>>Holy GPL Violation, Batman! Is NOVL extending OpenOffice without
>>>>>disclosing the source?  Get the goatman's shyster on this one fast!
>>>>
>>>>What is the basis of your implication?
>>>
>>>OpenSuSE. Release cycle for OpenOffice. Platform-specific executables.
>>>Ignore
>>>the void point which was made above.
>>>
>> 
>> Sounds like a lot of sputter, roy!  Whereas "Novell's new version of
>> OpenOffice" sounds proprietary to me.  Are these improvements to MS
>> Office file formats, fonts, and VB scripts "open" or not?
> 
> In what way does it sound proprietary? How is it proprietary?
> What is your evidence?

Just diregard billwg. He's FUD'ing again. My reply was succinct because that
rubbish was not worth opening up to an argument.

Best wishes,

Roy

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