Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 14 Mar 1999 11:54:51 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alex Buell <> | Subject | Re: [OFFTOPIC]: MS Porting Office to Linux? |
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On Sat, 13 Mar 1999, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> >BUt it *is* shared by the various programs in the distribution of that > >specific package. That's not as good as using the default libc, but > >still an improvement over static linking. > > Correct, however soffice binary is one app. They are not > separate binaries anymore with 5.0. So that advantage is nil.
I'm beginning to understand why StarOffice is currently distributed in the format it is in. Static linking of a commercial binary to LGPL'd libraries isn't allowed.
Rats. A statically linked binary would have solved all our problems.
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