Sun, Microsoft Pact Viewed As 'Unholy Alliance' Against Linux,

[Jim Long]

> Robert La Ferla wrote: I also wonder how this will impact Open
Office...

> Derek replied: Sun still needs an Office package..

Sun’s commercial office package is Star Office. It contains 
some proprietary and licensed code that can’t be released 
into Open Office. I guess the concern is that Sun could stop
releasing improvements to their open source offshoot.

Jim Long