LinuxMedNews First Looks: StarOffice 6.0 Beta

Thanks to Saint for this link. Saint writes:

Sun has announced its long-awaited 6.0 Beta to the venerable StarOffice 5.2. Featuring a plethora of improvements such as much faster load times, removal of a very un-necessary desktop, XML file formats, improved Microsoft file compatibility and far better online help. We gave the software a quick first look and conclude that this Beta release is the biggest threat to Microsoft's office-suite domination yet.

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