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StarOffice 8 Release Date Slips
News Sun will release its next version of StarOffice in September, two months later than originally planned. In May, Sun said that StarOffice 8, which has been in beta since February, would be released in July.
[August 12, 2005, 16:40]
StarOffice 8 Set To Shine
News Sun plans to release its next version of StarOffice in July, bringing new compatibility with its chief competitor, Microsoft Office. The StarOffice software, which shares the same code base as the open source OpenOffice.org project, is used for...
[May 3, 2005, 9:10]
StarOffice 8 Goes Beta
News Sun released a beta version of office productivity application StarOffice 8 on Thursday, which it says provides improved compatibility with Microsoft Office files and a new database front-end tool. StarOffice already allows users to open and save...
[February 18, 2005, 17:00]
StarOffice 8 Conversion Technology Preview
Downloads The StarOffice 8 Conversion Technology Preview is a plug-in for Microsoft Word 2003 that allows users of Microsoft Word 2003 to read, edit and save import to the OpenDocument Format (ODF). This initial plug-in application will support the...
[February 26, 2007, 21:33]
Tarantella Enterprise 3 Version 3.2 Sun SPARC Server Hardware Solaris 8 Operating System StarOffice 5.2
White Papers The tests were done with Sun SPARC hardware and Solaris 8 operating system using Tarantella Enterprise 3, version 3.2 software and StarOffice 5.2. This white paper contains useful information that is useful when capacity planning for Tarantella...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
StarOffice 8 Release Date Slips
Talkback If you look at it with such a big change in the product and the commitment OpenOffice has to releasing quality software it is not a surprise that it is delayed further than anticipated. But we are still 9 months ahead of Microsofts normal release...
[August 13, 2005, 6:46]
Sun Launches StarOffice 8
Talkback That (Scott McNeally's promise) was before they realised that for some bizarre reason people wanted to pay for it. Virtually the same software is still available 100% free from OpenOffice.org. The thing which still astonishes me is that the biggest...
[September 28, 2005, 14:23]
Sun Launches StarOffice 8
Talkback Scott McNealy is a liar! At his keynote speech at the 1998 Java Business conference he said (repeatedly.many many times) that Star Office would always be 100% free. Well Pony Up Scott!
[September 27, 2005, 17:06]
Sun Launches StarOffice 8
News Sun released StarOffice 8, the next version of its office productivity application that provides improved compatibility with Microsoft Office files, on Tuesday. StarOffice, which has the same code base as the open source OpenOffice.org project...
[September 27, 2005, 16:05]
OpenOffice Patches Three Security Holes
News The vulnerabilities also affect StarOffice 6.x, 7.x, and 8.x.and StarSuite 7.x and 8.x, according to security firm Secunia. StarOffice and StarSuite are Sun's commercial office software offerings, based on the same code as the OpenOffice suite.
[July 4, 2006, 13:35]
StarOffice Gains Smart Drive Mobility
News StarOffice is one of the latest packages to be offered on the U3 smart drive platform. StarOffice is a proprietary office suite — including spreadsheet, word processor, database, presentation and drawing applications — based on the open source...
[October 13, 2006, 16:35]
StarOffice
Downloads StarOffice 8 is an affordable office productivity suite that can read, edit and save Microsoft Office files. StarOffice 8 is available in many languages and it offers flexibility for your home or office by running on multiple operating systems.Note...
[August 29, 2007, 23:19]
Tarantella® Enterprise 3™ With StarOffice™ On Solaris
White Papers StarOffice 5.2. This white paper contains useful information that is useful when capacity planning for Tarantella Enterprise 3 servers. This document outlines tests performed by Tarantella engineers, under controlled conditions at Sun Microsystems...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Sun Offers ODF Translator For Microsoft Office
News The StarOffice 8 Conversion Technology Preview plug-in is based on the OpenOffice.org platform. The initial StarOffice plug-in will be available for free download from Sun's OpenOffice site in mid-February, according to Sun spokeswoman Terri Molini.
[February 8, 2007, 8:53]
ISO Endorses OpenDocument Standard
News Productivity applications such as OpenOffice 2.0, Sun Microsystems' StarOffice 8 and IBM's Workplace support OpenDocument. However, Jason Matusow, Microsoft director of standards affairs, said in a statement: "The ODF format is limited to the...
[May 4, 2006, 13:30]
Open Source Debate Brought To A Close - For Now
Talkback In the largest trial, Bristol city council installed Sun's StarOffice on 5,500 desktops last July, and it has since been moving staff across from Corel WordPerfect and Lotus 1-2-3 (previously used by 60% of staff) and Microsoft Office (40%), a...
[November 20, 2006, 22:59]
Sun Adds Desktops To Utility Computing Plans
News The company also sells its Java Desktop System, a version of Linux and higher-level software that runs on PCs, and StarOffice, a competitor to Microsoft Office based on the open-source OpenOffice.org project.
[November 18, 2004, 8:25]
Red Hat Broadens Desktop Push
News SuSE opted to stop shipping the StarOffice suite of office applications with its Linux distribution earlier this year, when Sun Microsystems introduced a fee for the software. Instead, the open-source version of StarOffice, called OpenOffice.org...
[September 19, 2002, 8:08]
With Layoffs, Sun Eyes Profitability
News StarOffice, a competitor to Microsoft Office, claimed $5.8m in revenue for the quarter, McNealy said. We're shipping hundreds of thousands of copies of StarOffice," he said. In the year ago quarter, the company reported a net loss of $180m, or 6...
[October 18, 2002, 9:06]
OpenDocument Alliance 'optimistic' About ISO Certification
News The OpenDocument format is supported by a number of productivity applications including the open source productivity suite OpenOffice 2.0, Sun's StarOffice 8 and IBM's Workplace software. The recently formed OpenDocument Format Alliance has...
[April 20, 2006, 12:05]
