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StarOffice 8
Unleash full-power office suite productivity that's compatible with Microsoft Office. TAGS: StarOffice, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Office, database, Microsoft Corp.
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OpenOffice 2
Reviewed on December 6, 2005 OpenOffice 2, the freeware version of Sun Microsystems StarOffice 8, is a great deal for home and small-businesses users who don't mind browsing online forums for tech support. But enterprise users are better served by StarOffice 8. TAGS: StarOffice, OpenOffice, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Office 2003, Sun Microsystems Inc., productivity suite, Microsoft Office, spreadsheet, home user, word-processing, open source, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Corp.
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Sun plans July release for StarOffice 8
May 2, 2005 The company touts the software's "dramatically improved" compatibility with Microsoft Office, its chief competitor. TAGS: StarOffice, Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenOffice, Sun Solaris, compatibility, Excel spreadsheet, Microsoft Office, spreadsheet, Linux, open source, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, operating system
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Sun brings StarOffice into desktop Solaris orbit
February 4, 2004 The company's productivity software, a competitor to Microsoft's Office, debuts on Sun's desktop version of Unix. TAGS: StarOffice, Sun Solaris, Sun Java Desktop System, Sun Microsystems Inc., desktop computer, Unix, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., operating system, open source, Linux, Intel, PC
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StarOffice rev may ease move from MS Office
March 16, 2004 Sun Microsystems hopes its forthcoming update, with new macro converters and better desktop management tools, will entice more Microsoft Office users to make the switch. TAGS: StarOffice, Sun Java Desktop System, Sun Java Desktop, macro, Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Java, Microsoft Office, desktop computer, spreadsheet, desktop software, barrier, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Excel, Web browser
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Next StarOffice goes on sale
October 15, 2003 The newest version of Sun Microsystems' StarOffice desktop software suite, a competitor to Microsoft Office, is available at Lindows.com and Sun's online store. TAGS: StarOffice, Linspire, Linspire Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., desktop software, desktop computer, Linux, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., operating system
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Sun readies StarOffice subscription plan
January 15, 2004 The company will next month start a program that lets Japanese consumers buy Sun's productivity software in one-year chunks. TAGS: StarOffice, Sun Microsystems Inc., volume-license, subscription, desktop computer, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., PC
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OpenOffice makes government inroads
December 18, 2003 Driven by budget pressures, government bodies in Israel and Texas are beginning the shift from Microsoft Office to an open-source alternative. TAGS: OpenOffice, Austin, StarOffice, Israel, Microsoft Office, productivity suite, Texas, open source, open-source software, city, Microsoft Corp., Linux
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Stardust virus lands on OpenOffice
May 31, 2006 In a blast from the past, a new macro virus infects OpenOffice and StarOffice, open-source rivals to Microsoft's Office. TAGS: macro virus, Stardust, OpenOffice, StarOffice, Kaspersky Lab, virus, macro, Microsoft Office, researcher, Microsoft Corp., open source, security, e-mail
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Sun to release ODF translator for Microsoft Office
February 7, 2007 StarOffice plug-in for Office 2003 translates Word and ODF Writer files; spreadsheet, presentation translators set for April. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Office 2003, OpenOffice, StarOffice, OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Office, spreadsheet, Microsoft Word, XML, Microsoft Corp.
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Sun to open source code for office software
July 17, 2000 The company will open the source code of its Star Office software Wednesday, but a major new version of the product has been delayed. TAGS: Applix Inc., StarOffice, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, GPL, source code, license, Linux, Microsoft Office, acquisition, handheld, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
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Sun pushes OpenOffice standard
September 30, 2004 Sun backs an EU standards push for interoperability between office software. Microsoft says it's already there. TAGS: OASIS, StarOffice, OpenOffice.org, Jonathan Schwartz, XML schema, XML, Sun Microsystems Inc., European Union, filter, OpenOffice, proposal, standard, document, letter, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft seeks XML-related patents
January 23, 2004 The patents that could prevent competing applications from reading documents created with the latest version of the software giant's Office program. TAGS: patent, XML, OpenOffice, StarOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2003, document, word-processor, barrier, Microsoft Corp., technique, Microsoft Word
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ISO approval 'unlikely for Microsoft Open XML'
May 16, 2006 ISO approval of OpenDocument will thwart standards-group certification of Microsoft's XML document, research firm says. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, migration, Gartner Inc., StarOffice, XML, approval, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., document, format
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OpenOffice celebrates turning 2.0
October 20, 2005 Programmers release a major overhaul to the open-source software suite that has recently become a more serious rival to Microsoft Office. TAGS: OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org, OpenDocument Format, StarOffice, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, Microsoft Office, open-source software, spreadsheet, IBM Corp., user interface, Adobe PDF, Linux, Microsoft Corp., database, Microsoft Windows
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Fresh rivals take on Microsoft Office Goliath
May 18, 2004 In an effort to chip away at Redmond's dominance, China's Evermore Software and Oregon's Gobe Software are taking novel approaches with their new workplace-application products. TAGS: StarOffice, Oregon, shareware, Microsoft Office, China, spreadsheet, document, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, function, PC, Microsoft Windows
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OpenDocument standard ratified
May 3, 2006 An international standards group sets the stage for worldwide adoption of this open-source file format. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, adoption, StarOffice, standard, OpenOffice, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., open source, process, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.
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Sun to offer utility pricing for desktops
November 17, 2004 Thin-client Sun Ray product hasn't taken off yet, but Sun hopes subscription pricing will boost its popularity. TAGS: Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc., utility computing, thin client, StarOffice, digital identity, Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Solaris, desktop computer, Linux, pricing, Microsoft Office, president, Microsoft Corp., server, PC
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Sun battles Windows with cheap Java Desktop
December 4, 2003 It hopes to make inroads on the enterprise desktop by slashing the price of its Java Desktop System, which is designed to replace Microsoft's Windows operating system and Office suite. TAGS: Sun Java Desktop System, Stephen O'Grady, Sun Java Enterprise System, desktop computer, Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems Inc., Ximian, StarOffice, Linux, Java, portal, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, operating system
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E-forms standard finalized
October 14, 2003 The main standards body for the Web finishes work on XForms, an XML standard that will compete in the growing market for electronic forms. TAGS: Microsoft InfoPath, StarOffice, XML, computing giant, form, Adobe Systems Inc., IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., HTML, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Office, vice president, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, Microsoft Corp.

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