[TriLUG] Can open source solutions be viable companies?

[Vestal, Roy L.]

The EULA for Office 2000 says it is to run ONLY on Windows 98, ME, NT4 and
Windows 2000. It's not even supposed to be put on any XP boxes.

The EULA for Office 97 says it is to run ONLY on Windows 95, 98, and NT4.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tanner Lovelace [mailto:lovelace at wayfarer.org]
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 3:40 PM
To: trilug at trilug.org
Subject: RE: [TriLUG] Can open source solutions be viable companies?


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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