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A Java-based office suite from Sun that runs under Solaris, Windows and Linux. StarOffice reads and writes Microsoft Office and many other file formats and includes a word processor, HTML editor,...

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A Java-based office suite from Sun that runs under Solaris, Windows and Linux. StarOffice reads and writes Microsoft Office and many other file formats and includes a word processor, HTML editor, spreadsheet, database program, paint program, drawing program, presentation program, business graphics, event planner, equation builder, e-mail client, newsreader and Web browser.

All applications are launched from the StarOffice Workplace desktop environment, which includes an Explorer window for viewing files and folders and StarOffice resources. StarOffice comes with its own Java runtime module for machines that do not have a Java interpreter. Originally a free service, StarOffice moved to a revenue-based model. For more information, visit www.staroffice.com. See StarPortal, OpenOffice.org and JDS.



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  • Microsoft Office still owns the desktop, future of StarOffice unclear

    Since the Oracle acquisition of Sun, there’s been no official word yet on the road map for Star Office. Oracle says it’s vision is to deliver an integrated system from applications to disk,...

    Blog posts | May 26, 2009 12:41pm PDT

  • Oracle Office, MySQL, and other dreams

    The Sun/Oracle merger probably offers more genuine synergies and opportunities than anything either company has done in the past. One of those, a commercially minor but personally interesting...

    Blog posts | May 2, 2009 12:15am PDT

  • Sun adds Apple native support to StarOffice 9

    Sun on Monday announced that StarOffice 9 was available with native Mac OS X support. The company's latest StarOffice (statement) gets a revamp throughout and makes it easier to edit PDF files,...

    Blog posts | November 17, 2008 2:24am PST

  • Sun plugs holes in StarOffice

    Two weeks after the OpenOffice.org team shipped patches for code execution flaws in office suite, Sun Micrososystems has followed up with a high-priority update for StarOffice, which is based on...

    Blog posts | November 14, 2008 9:54am PST

  • Sun switches search alliances from Google to Microsoft

    Which came first -- Google dropping StarOffice from its Google Pack or Sun agreeing to distribute Microsoft's Live-Search-powered MSN toolbar with the Java runtime? We'll probably never know (at...

    Blog posts | November 10, 2008 9:01am PST

  • Openoffice 3.0 vs MS Office

    When you compare Microsoft Office to OpenOffice 3.0 you're left with one question: to whom does Microsoft Office still make sense?

    Blog posts | October 20, 2008 12:15am PDT

  • OpenOffice 3 launch timed perfectly but will Sun, IBM exploit opportunity?

    Sun and IBM could not have asked for better timing for the launch of OpenOffice 3, a major upgrade of the open source office suite. Both vendors are preparing to ship commercial offerings of...

    Blog posts | October 13, 2008 11:49am PDT

  • Sun StarOffice 9 to launch Nov 19, OpenOffice 3 launch on Oct 13

    Sun is expected to launch a major upgrade of StarOffice based on the new OpenOffice 3.0 on November 19, sources said. OpenOffice 3.0 is set to be officially launched in Paris on October 13. ...

    Blog posts | October 13, 2008 6:49am PDT

  • Can open source help liberate the bureaucracy?

    If large bureaucracies ever learn to internalize policies enabling open source deployments they'll break the process chains the big international "solutions" providers depend on for their billings.

    Blog posts | June 5, 2008 12:15am PDT

  • Will IBM's Lotus Symphony succeed where other Office killers haven't?

    Do you see IBM's new Microsoft Office alternative, Lotus Symphony, as offering things other ODF suites don't? Will IBM's Office competitor will make more inroads than the existing crowd of ODF...

    Blog posts | September 18, 2007 9:30am PDT

  • Microsoft Office is dead meme revived

    My friend Steve Gillmor has been bloviating about the death of bloated Microsoft Office for years. Google's cloud-based apps are poised to put a stake in the heart of Microsoft's Office business,...

    Blog posts | August 14, 2007 1:35pm PDT

  • Sun/Google and Adobe now gunning for Microsoft Office

    Sun is expected to offer more details on Wednesday, August 15, on its deal with Google to distribute StarOffice as part of the Google Pack. Meanwhile, could Microsoft rival Adobe be readying an...

    Blog posts | August 14, 2007 6:15am PDT

  • Can StarOffice 7 compete with Microsoft Office?

    CNET's Brian Cooley looks under the hood at the latest version of Sun's StarOffice 7, touted as a leaner and less-expensive alternative to the widely adopted Microsoft Office suite.

    Videos | November 5, 2003 7:05pm PST

  • Take an early tour of OpenOffice.org

    ZDNet's Patrick Houston looks at the free open-source version of Sun's StarOffice suite, now available for public download, which offers new file-saving Shockwave presentation options.

    Videos | April 10, 2003 12:50am PDT

  • OpenOffice.org--as good as Microsoft Office?

    Can a free office suite be as good as Microsoft's venerable--and market-leading--Office? Jack Wallen thinks so.

    News items | December 3, 2002 12:00am PST

  • Microsoft Office still a barrier to Linux adoption

    Giga's Stacey Quandt believes the perfect Linux desktop will remain beyond the reach enterprises as long as interoperability with Microsoft Office remains a barrier to corporate adoption.

    News items | August 22, 2002 12:00am PDT

  • Linux faces Unix-like fragmentation

    In response to Sun readies open source desktop? " Keith Denton writes: "[Corporate] customers don't care about open source virtues; they care about getting s

    News items | August 19, 2002 12:00am PDT

  • Why it's real hard not to try StarOffice

    Considering a suite switch? Your mileage will vary, depending on what you do and where you work. For the price, there's not much to lose.

    News items | May 16, 2002 12:00am PDT

  • Microsoft casts .Net into upcoming Office

    The next version of the software will likely include many features once planned as part of Microsoft's consumer-focused .Net My Services, now retooled for corporate customers.

    News items | May 15, 2002 8:10am PDT

  • OpenOffice.org--the people's StarOffice

    OpenOffice.org 1.0, an open-source office suite based on StarOffice's source code, shares most of the same functions found in StarOffice 6.0. Aside from the price, though, there are differences...

    News items | May 15, 2002 12:00am PDT

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