Sun Bases Prices On Countries' Populations
News Sun has partially embraced open-source software, for example by releasing an open-source version of its StarOffice competitor to Microsoft Office. Sun Microsystems is working on a new way to sell its server and desktop software to governments...
[March 3, 2004, 8:45]
Sun Adds Price Tag To StarOffice 6.0
News Sun Microsystems will bundle StarOffice 6.0, its productivity software, with additional services and support to make the package more attractive when it begins charging for the tools next month. The paid strategy is a new one for StarOffice, which...
[March 21, 2002, 13:59]
Sun's Chinese Deal 'shuts Out Microsoft'
News On the customer front, Sun said UK camera shop chain Jessops is deploying StarOffice for 3,000 employees along with a new point-of-sale system that will contribute to an overall cost saving of £2m. Sun is aiming for "hundreds of millions" of...
[December 4, 2003, 10:35]
Seizing Opportunities To Go Open Source
News However, Microsoft Office can now be matched on quality and beaten on price by Ximian's Evolution and Sun Microsystem's OpenOffice, the free version of StarOffice. Microsoft has told us it's successful because it makes better products at cheaper...
[November 4, 2003, 10:45]
TechXNY: Microsoft To Unveil Office 11 And Tablet PC Plans
News The software maker sees features that integrate Office programs into larger corporate data systems as a key reason for large companies choosing Office over competitors such as Sun Microsystems' StarOffice or OpenOffice.
[June 25, 2002, 15:47]
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]
The Year Ahead: Linux Continues To Push For The Desktop
News In the past year or so, some progress has been made towards providing Linux equivalents to common Windows applications: Ximian's Evolution mimics Outlook's look and feel, and is compatible with Exchange servers, for example, and Sun Microsystems...
[December 31, 2002, 6:05]
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. Sun's operating-system prices have always been part of the system price, anyways," said Chris Ray, product...
[January 27, 2000, 8:15]
Learning Lessons From Open Source
Leader UK schools can get hold of StarOffice, for instance, simply by going to Sun's Web site and downloading it for virtually unrestricted use in classrooms and at home. DrinkorDie's practices cannot be condoned, but they do highlight the lengths to...
[May 9, 2005, 13:40]
Ellison Seeks Open-source Unity
News Sun has open-sourced its StarOffice product, but when Ellison asked for a show of StarOffice users and whether they were happy, he drew a tepid response. We're looking at a one-year rental or subscription model that will continue our long history...
[August 15, 2002, 11:32]
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]
