Re: [OFFTOPIC]: MS Porting Office to Linux?
Philip Blundell (philb@gnu.org)
Tue, 16 Mar 1999 19:07:09 +0000
>What they should've done is had the setup program say
>
>glibc 2.0.7 could not be found on your system. It is recommended that you
>use glibc 2.0.7 with Star Office. This version of glibc has been provided
>with this release of Star Office. Please read X for details of how to
>install and exit the setup now. If you wish to have Star Office use
>the curreently installed version of glibc then simply continue.
>
>Would you like to exit and install glibc 2.0.7 or continue regardless? (x/c)
>
>Simple. I would've chosen continue and if it worked, cool. If not, well
As it happens, even if you fiddle the StarOffice installer to convince it that
glibc 2.1 is acceptable, the program itself still won't work. So in purely
pragmatic terms we would be no better off if they had added the "struggle on
anyway" option.
p.
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