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StarOffice Designer Launches Software Firm
News Marco Boerries, who developed Sun Microsystems' StarOffice office suite, is set to unveil his new venture at CeBIT on Tuesday. Boerries joined Sun in 1999 after the computing giant bought StarDivision, Boerries' company that made StarOffice.
[March 12, 2002, 13:52]
StarOffice In The Palm Of Your Hand - Boerries
News Marco Boerries, founder of Star Division, the German software developer bought by Sun in August, said the StarOffice suite will be developed for WAP phones, 3Com PalmPilots and Symbian devices to enable access to applications and data from...
[October 15, 1999, 10:05]
StarOffice 5.2 Beta Available For Download
News Sun has added a new player for StarOffice 5.2 software presentations. This allows users to play presentations on any computer, without having to install StarOffice first. StarOffice, which was acquired by Sun last autumn and given away free over...
[April 7, 2000, 13:10]
StarOffice Software: The Office Productivity Suite Alternative
White Papers Tune in and learn the answers to the key questions for your enterprise such as why the new StarOffice suite lets you break free of over-priced productivity programs, how to say farewell to restrictive licensing and to mandatory upgrades, how to...
[October 5, 2003, 0:00]
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 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 Enters Solaris Orbit
News Sun Microsystems has introduced a version of StarOffice tailored to desktop PCs running Solaris, its Unix-based operating system. The release yesterday of the productivity software, named StarOffice 7 for Solaris x86, comes as Sun tries to position...
[February 5, 2004, 8:45]
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 Software XML-Based Configuration
White Papers This white paper explains the importance of StarOffice XML configuration. The StarOffice Configuration Manager provides a powerful solution to this problem by using a central repository for configuration items.
[August 20, 2004, 0:00]
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]
Sun Eases Conversion To StarOffice
News Sun Microsystems is planning new tools for its StarOffice desktop software package that could make it easier to attract Microsoft Office users. The company plans to ship later this year an update to StarOffice that will include converters for...
[March 17, 2004, 10:05]
Scottish Schools Get Help With StarOffice
Talkback StarOffice does have some functionalities OpenOffice doesn't have, but more importantly: It has Sun. And although StarOffice isn't free, it isn't particularly expensive either (especially for educational institutions), so I can imagine that it...
[May 7, 2004, 12:39]
StarOffice 7: "Breaking The Microsoft Habit"
White Papers StarOffice is the latest buzz surrounding the migration away from Microsoft systems. The new system from Sun provides new features and a price that means millions in savings for large organizations. But the question remains: is it really feasible...
[April 23, 2004, 0:00]
Scottish Schools Get Help With StarOffice
Talkback StarOffice does have some functionalities OpenOffice doesn't have, but more importantly: It has Sun. And although StarOffice isn't free, it isn't particularly expensive either (especially for educational institutions), so I can imagine that it...
[May 7, 2004, 12:38]
Sun Working On StarOffice Update
News Sun Microsystems next week will begin offering a trial edition of the next version of its StarOffice software. Sun expects to post the public beta, or test version, of StarOffice 6.1 on its Web site by Wednesday, said Iyer Venkatesan, product line...
[March 10, 2003, 8:35]
Sun To Give StarOffice Java Flavour
News Sun Microsystems is building a Java-based development kit for its StarOffice software to help corporate programmers customise desktop applications, a move that puts it on better footing against Microsoft's dominant Office.
[November 28, 2002, 7:55]
Sun Expands StarOffice Giveaway
News Sun Microsystems will give away its StarOffice software to ministries of education in Europe and Africa, the company is expected to announce Tuesday, in an effort to undermine rival Microsoft. Sun is committed to giving the global education...
[September 17, 2002, 8:41]
Sun Scores StarOffice Deal In Canada
News Sun Microsystems has recruited one of its biggest customers yet for its StarOffice software, signing a contract with the Ontario Ministry of Education covering 2.5 million students. All will be licensed to use StarOffice 7, the current version of...
[June 8, 2004, 9:05]
Sun To Drop Free StarOffice Downloads
News Sun Microsystems is to drop its free downloads of StarOffice 5.2 on Wednesday night, as it ramps up promotional efforts around the fee-based StarOffice 6.0, the company said. In the meantime, Sun and Ximian announced a distribution deal bundling...
[May 27, 2002, 13:33]
Taiwan Schools To Enjoy Free StarOffice 6.0
News In a symbolic move to capture the Taiwanese education market from Microsoft, Sun Microsystems donated StarOffice 6.0 to a local university on Wednesday. Although the current sentiment could give StarOffice 6.0 a boost in Taiwan, the launch of the...
[May 31, 2002, 10:00]
