[TriLUG] Can open source solutions be viable companies?

[Tanner Lovelace]

On Fri, 2002-06-28 at 15:26, Chris Knowles wrote:
> Nuts.  Wanted to just go on nodding my head in agreement with the things
> you've said Tanner.  but I've gotta put on my "paranoid bastard" hat.  
> 
> We looked at CO when it came out, and it's great.  It does what it says
> it is going to do, and you can use office under linux.  However, it also
> breaks the license agreement for office.  This is a concern for us 
> mainly because we were hit with fines for being over license before, so
> the PTB are very cautious, but also, I can't recommend a software
> package that may land us in hot water.
> 
> CJK
> 

Chris,

I thought it only broke the terms of use for Office XP, not
Office 2000 (or even Office 97).  I will never upgrade to
Office XP (why bother, Office 2000 does whatever [limited]
things I want), so it's not a big deal for me.

Tanner
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