Re: OO as GNOME software (topic change)

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

The only people that'd ever make fun of us are the Slashdot
pro-KDE/anti-GNOME morons. I say let them make fun of us, I'll call it
jealousy because that's what it'd be. Anyways, I truly think that we
should include Open Office as well as Gnumeric/AbiWord/etc. Not doing so
just means that we don't have a
really good and complete office suite.

Jeff

On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, George wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 06:34:26AM -0500, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > it's use.  I'd be very uncomfortable calling OO "The GNOME Office" if it
> > > didn't use gnome libs.  But perhaps everyone in the future will use GNOME and
> > > OO.  Who knows.  I don't think GNOME is anything less if it includes OO or
> > 
> > Im sure Microsoft will be delighted to post fun at an integrated office suite
> > for gnome that doesnt look like Gnome. Im sure some comparitive windows/X
> > pictures with carefully chosen themes can make us look quite ridiculous
> 
> That is another reason not to call it GNOME Office.  I mean how could they
> poke fun at us if it's not GNOME.  It's another project.
> 
> BTW, I've taken a look at some ms office apps the other day and it doesn't
> actually look act and feel completely like the rest of windows either, though
> it does use a same looking widget set however :)
> 
> George
> 
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