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Will SunRay do a JavaStation?
News For workgroups of 50 to 200 persons, a setup that includes installation, the Sun Ray 1 appliance, a workgroup server, Ethernet switch, Sun Ray server software and the StarOffice suite, the cost is about $30 per month per appliance for five years.
[September 8, 1999, 11:11]
Alternatives to Microsoft Office review
Reviews OpenOffice 2 is the free version of StarOffice. The lesser-known StarOffice 8 provides basic productivity tools and throws in a couple of extras, such as a drawing program. StarOffice email n/a n/a inc.with Mac OS) n/a
[October 1, 2007, 16:21]
Users rip MS licence changes
News There are alternatives to Microsoft's Windows and Office software, including the Linux operating system and Sun Microsystems' StarOffice productivity package. Corel (WordPerfect) is a weak competitor and so is StarOffice.
[September 21, 2001, 9:00]
Microsoft unwilling to budge on one-price policy
News Although there has been concern that cheaper Office alternatives -- such as StarOffice from Sun Microsystems and its open-source sibling, OpenOffice -- would eat into Microsoft's overwhelming share of the desktop software market, analysts said...
[November 7, 2003, 10:00]
Sun middleware embraces rival operating systems
News JDS includes the GNOME desktop environment, StarOffice productivity suite, Mozilla Web browser, Evolution mail and calendar client, and Sun on Wednesday is expected to announce that its Java Enterprise
[October 26, 2005, 9:20]
Will open source be a Real success?
News Mozilla in four years has failed to stem the tide away from Netscape, and Sun Microsystems hasn't dented Microsoft's dominance with its open-source version of StarOffice. Apple declined to say how many different developers were contributing to its...
[July 30, 2002, 14:24]
Interoperability and the binary ODF conversion dilemma
Talkback Prior to his work with Novell and the OpenDocument Foundation, Florian was Sun's resident RTF - MS Binary conversion expert tasked with assisting and advising OpenOffice/StarOffice community developers.
[February 29, 2008, 7:24]
Jane Wakefield: The week that was
News Its attempt to change the goalposts of the software industry by offering StarOffice as a free, Net-based alternative to Microsoft's Office has some commentators wondering if Sun chairman Scott McNealy has become a tad obsessed with outwitting Gates.
[September 3, 1999, 7:00]
Sun's software czar
News StarOffice is available free from OpenOffice or at a nominal price if you want to deploy that in an enterprise. Within the confines of Sun Microsystems, where he is executive vice president of software, Schwartz is nonetheless brimming with ideas...
[August 6, 2002, 12:49]
MS influencing ODF development unrealistic
Talkback This control for instance guarantees that when the new formulas are added to ODF that Sun's StarOffice/OpenOffice and IBM's Lotus Notus support those new formulas. Actually influencing the development has been tried before by independant ODF...
[February 28, 2008, 13:11]
News Burst: Sun spots move into Microsoft's Office space
News Arch-rival Microsoft was already expected to be wary of the acquisition, which more than hinted at a move by Sun into the office software space -- an area dominated by Microsoft's ubiquitous Office suites.
[August 31, 1999, 15:51]
The catch in 'free' Solaris 8
News Binary licensors also get a free development licence of Oracle's 8I, iPlanet software and a free copy of Sun's StarOffice desktop suite. Although Sun Microsystems downplayed "Free Solaris" programs during the Solaris 8 launch Wednesday in New York...
[January 27, 2000, 8:15]
Lindows 3.0 coming next month
News But some applications -- such as Sun Microsystem's StarOffice -- are too large for modem users to conveniently download. Lindows.com said that Codeweavers, HP, Lycoris, MandrakeSoft, Sun, SuSE and Ximian will be sponsoring the Desktop Linux summit...
[October 24, 2002, 16:06]
Lenovo deal could open doors for JDS
Talkback Mozilla as a web browser, Evolution for e-mail, and the full StarOffice 7 (way more complete than OpenOffice) as the office suite. I really hope Lenovo PCs start pre-installing Sun's Java Desktop System (JDS) linux.
[December 11, 2004, 1:41]
Penguins: Name Your Price
News Its open-source moves, such as buying StarOffice, are a matter of public record. Sun faces a similar predicament. That's the motto of some groups inside SCO and Sun Microsystems, which are exploring the possibility of buying a Linux vendor, say...
[November 29, 1999, 17:14]
McNealy makes pact with his devil
News While Microsoft's Office controls more than 90 percent of the market, Sun has been trying to build a foothold in government and academia with its StarOffice and OpenOffice software bundles. With Friday's sweeping settlement, Sun's Scott McNealy now...
[April 5, 2004, 9:20]
ThinkFree Office 3 review
Reviews For true bargain hunters, OpenOffice.org 2, the open-source version of Sun Microsystems' solid productivity suite StarOffice 8, includes a database (but no email) and won't cost you a penny. ThinkFree's ability to export Acrobat files is noteworthy...
[December 5, 2005, 11:20]
IBM challenges Microsoft's Office
News In the past year, Sun Microsystems has made inroads with some business and government customers with its StarOffice and OpenOffice desktop software. Neither Microsoft nor Sun was immediately available to comment on the announcement.
[May 10, 2004, 8:40]
Red Hat ready to tackle Microsoft's desktop dominance
News Sun Microsystems partially addresses the issue with its StarOffice software and the open-source OpenOffice project on which it's based. Red Hat competes with Microsoft, but its current marketing is aimed at weaning customers from Sun servers.
[June 24, 2002, 16:41]
Premium OpenOffice released
News Available from SourceForge.net, the new package is designed to compete more closely with the experience offered by commercial rivals such as Microsoft Office and Sun's StarOffice, which is itself based on OpenOffice code.
[September 1, 2006, 15:15]
