Sun adds price tag to StarOffice 6.0
News Version 5.2 sells for £24.99 in boxed format, largely to pay for the cost of manuals and CDs, but the downloadable version has been free since 1999, when Sun bought its German maker Star Division. The paid strategy is a new one for StarOffice...
[March 21, 2002, 13:59]
Sun releases beta of StarOffice 6.0
News Sun made the software free just after acquiring StarOffice from Hamburg, Germany-based Star Division in 1999. Sun Microsystems on Tuesday unveiled the beta of StarOffice 6.0, a streamlined version of the company's free office software that's aimed...
[October 2, 2001, 17:49]
Sun to charge for next StarOffice
News Sun has been offering StarOffice as a free download since acquiring the German company Star Division in 1999. In a move that could undercut its anti-Microsoft campaign, Sun Microsystems plans to start charging for the next version of its StarOffice...
[February 26, 2002, 10:10]
Sun shows new version of StarOffice
News Sun acquired StarOffice from Hamburg, Germany-based Star Division in 1999, and has made it available as a free download in an effort to undermine popular programs such as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint that help to keep the Windows operating...
[August 31, 2001, 8:51]
Sun to drop free StarOffice downloads
News The decision completes the transition of the StarOffice suite back to being a paid product, as it was when Sun bought the software along with its maker, Germany's Star Division, in 1999. With the introduction and availability of StarOffice 6.0...
[May 27, 2002, 13:33]
Open source debate brought to a close - for now
Talkback Another reason for moving is Star- Office/OpenOffice's use of the Open Document Format, which is open for use by other software: earlier this month, the format was adopted by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO).
[November 20, 2006, 22:59]
Alternatives to Microsoft Office review
Reviews Star Star Corel, Sun Microsystems, Apple, IBM and others offer alternatives at a fraction of the price of Microsoft Office 2007. However, Sun offers a free plug-in for Microsoft Office that enables you to save ODF files.
[October 1, 2007, 16:21]
File Formats - MS v OpenOffice
Talkback More than enough for most people, and it's free (and so is Sun's Star Office now thanks to Google). For older versions of MS formats Microsoft made the National Archives (UK) use Vista running Windows Virtual PC running Windows 3.11 running Office...
[January 29, 2008, 17:13]
Government demands Office competition in schools
News Open Office, Corel WordPerfect Office, Star Office, Lotus SmartSuite, Sun's One SE and EasyOffice all offer the functionality that schoolchildren and teachers need, said Becta, the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency, in a...
[January 16, 2007, 9:42]
