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An Avaya IP Office Solution For The Rock Star Lifestyle
White Papers The company wanted to install a reliable, scalable networking system for rock star Rod Stewart's mansion. As a solution the company deployed Avaya IP Office IP403 with Avaya Voicemail Pro and Avaya Digital Telephones.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
The Car's The Star, With A Built-in Office
News Mercedes' mobile office system is based around a multifunction communication unit (MFCU) which is built into the armrest in the back seat of the car. Price, though, could be an issue -- the mobile office system on display costs around 19,000 euros...
[March 17, 2003, 12:33]
Sun's Move To 'change The Rules'
News Tuesday, Sun formally announced its acquisition of Star Division, which makes a suite of office software known as StarOffice that includes a word processor, a spreadsheet program, presentation software and email and calendar programs.
[August 31, 1999, 16:41]
Star Wars Fans Stung By Jedi Email
News The Office of National Statistics confirmed on Thursday that the stunt, which had raised hopes among Star Wars fanatics across the country that they would be recognised as Jedi Knights, will not work.
[April 17, 2001, 10:11]
No Office On Linux 'at This Time'
Talkback For those who need hand holding and have tons of money to throw away they might buy into Office 12, but *if* the reason Open Doc, why not buy Sun's Star Office 8 for a fraction of Office 12? yeah I know support issues, but I said pinch pennies...
[October 5, 2005, 21:29]
Employers Give Staff A Free Hand On The Net
News A survey into Net use in the office carried out by UK ISP Star Internet also found that one in every three employers actively encourage their staff to go online for leisure purposes while at work, indicating that attitudes towards the Web are more...
[October 21, 2002, 11:53]
Bristol Council Says It Can Save £1m With Open Source
Talkback How much could they save by standardising on Star Office, Open Office or even Notepad? If Linux and Star Office is so great how come Central Scotland Police installed in and are now moving back to Microsoft?
[April 1, 2006, 0:13]
Net Piracy Presents Paradox To Entertainers
News Pointing to the Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace example, Sinnreich maintained that although its producer, Lucasfilm, is fretting about the film being available in fuzzy pirated copies online, comparatively few people are likely to sit...
[August 2, 1999, 11:42]
E-Government 'undemocratic' Says LSE
News The functionality may be five-star, but 20 percent of the population are functionally illiterate," Professor Angell told ZDNet UK. The company maintained that governments will be able to provide "five-star" citizenship services, such as letting the...
[April 11, 2006, 16:40]
What ZDNet UK Readers Want For Christmas
News Josev King is also suffused with the true spirit of Christmas: He wants "A Star Trek transporter. Colin Gibson, director of a Web design consultancy, wants to beam up "one of those machines they have on Star Trek that makes whatever food you want.
[December 24, 2004, 8:40]
Microsoft Aims 'too Many Cooks' Attack At Linux
News StarOffice 5.1, produced by Hamburg based company Star Division, has not only been developed for Windows and OS2, but is also currently available for Linux and Solaris operating systems. Also, in the spirit of the open source movement, Star...
[August 11, 1999, 9:29]
Closing The Office Door On Microsoft
Talkback The solution is to edit the file in Star Office or Open Office. My MS Office 2000 on Win 98 often freezes or is unable to read documents that it created. When I call for support the answer is reboot, reinstall and "what was teh credit card number...
[June 17, 2004, 14:52]
Who To Ask ...
Talkback > If Linux and Star Office is so great how come Central Scotland Police installed in and are now moving back to Microsoft? No problems using other peoples' MS Office Files, either. Clueless here, so honestly what were the reasons they gave?
[May 3, 2006, 18:49]
Ballmer: Longhorn Is 'disruptive - But Worth It'
Talkback >>Open Office and Star Office are 90+% compatible with MS Office, just a hell of a lot cheaper! WordPerfect Office and Lotus Smart Suite are (or were) 90% compatible and much cheaper, but (almost) no businesses use those either.
[July 14, 2004, 13:19]
Ballmer: Longhorn Is 'disruptive - But Worth It'
Talkback Open Office/Star Office and the Linux desktop will struggle head on with Microsofts multimedia desktop and office applications. But if the requirement for a user is to use a word processor/spreadsheet etc, internet access then as an IT professional...
[July 14, 2004, 8:49]
Ballmer: Longhorn Is 'disruptive - But Worth It'
Talkback Open Office and Star Office are 90+% compatible with MS Office, just a hell of a lot cheaper! Ever heard of Crossover Office? What version of MS Office lets you convert your document to pdf or Flash? What version of Office saves in XML format that...
[July 14, 2004, 8:43]
Open Source Gets Training Boost
News The ECDL Foundation will now include a module on the use of Sun's Star Office Writer, Calc and Base applications for word processing, spreadsheets and database work. Although the Star Office course is intended for users running Windows XP, the...
[October 30, 2006, 17:34]
Linux For The Accountant
White Papers He uses Star office in Linux and is able to do all his work (except Tax Returns - for which he still has to use Windows). This case study is about an accountant and how he has changed to Linux Mandrake for reliability.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Closing The Office Door On Microsoft
Talkback Sun Microsystems offers free level one support for both Open Office and Star Office. You were incorrect when you said there is no support for Open Office. I have personally used it and solved my paticular problem.
[June 17, 2004, 11:10]
Sun Launches StarOffice 8
Talkback At his keynote speech at the 1998 Java Business conference he said (repeatedly.many many times) that Star Office would always be 100% free. Scott McNealy is a liar! Well Pony Up Scott!
[September 27, 2005, 17:06]
