[HPADM] Re: OpenOffice

From: Eric Hunter (ehunter@marsys.com)
Date: Thu Aug 29 2002 - 10:49:53 EDT


Call me a masochist, but I actually wanted to compile or find a binary.
I have access to a dual processor rp5340 that sits idle a great deal of
the time (when the developers arent ruining it :-) ) and thought it
might be put to the task.

"V. T. Mueller" wrote:

> Hello Eric,
>
> A while ago when StarOffice code became free, I thought of compiling
> and using this on on my C200. I downloaded the code and read about
> compile 'dimensions' - the next thing I did was getting a rather old
> PC from our lab, installed Linux on it and imported Staroffice via X
> protocol. File access worked well via NFS so I was always able to
> deal with M$ documents without hassle and without spending time on
> the monstreous code and costly CPU-cycles of the HP.
>
> Someday we moved a central fileserver from Samba to native Windows.
> I installed CIFS9k and VNC and am now again able to do whatever I
> like in the Windows world without spending local ressources.
>
> Since Unix, and HP-UX in particular, is smart enough to bring a
> couple of interoperability tools, it is my opinion to use those and
> be able to let Wintel do the (dirty) work for you.
>
> These are my $0.02, and your mileage may of course vary.
>
> Kind regards,
> Volker
>
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> Volker T. Mueller
>
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