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:Small Business Computing: StarOffice 8: Sun's Office Suite Takes on Microsoft
Small Business Computing: StarOffice 8: Sun's Office Suite Takes on Microsoft
May 1, 2005, 12 :00 UTC (14 Talkback[s]) (11883 reads)

(Other stories by Adam Stone)

"Sun's product, StarOffice, has not yet stolen significant market share from Microsoft Office, but if its latest beta release (which we look at here), is any indication, Sun's taking its push into the market seriously.

"The new version, StarOffice 8 Beta, has been designed with a focus on integrating better with Microsoft Office. It offers easier import and export functions, new toolbars that are easier to use and a new mail-merge wizard, among other tools..."

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I would advise users to wait for IBM to  ...   IBM will blow this out of the water   
kevin
Apr 30, 2005, 22:11:53
 
Well, if IBM were to release something l ...   Re: IBM will blow this out of the water   
George Fouse
May 1, 2005, 03:20:28
 
A GPL version of Lotus Smart Suite would ...   Re: IBM will blow this out of the water   
Bob Palowoda
May 1, 2005, 03:53:15
 
> I would advise users to wait for IBM t ...   Re: IBM will blow this out of the water   
rabid hamster
May 1, 2005, 05:02:44
 
Ummmm, the LGPL is not free then I suppo ...   Re: IBM will blow this out of the water   
rm6990
May 1, 2005, 05:09:18
 
> I would advise users to wait for IBM t ...   Re: IBM will blow this out of the water   
Eric Laffoon
May 1, 2005, 06:57:36
 
Uhhmm... pardon but OpenOffice.org is Fr ...   Re: IBM will blow this out of the water   
Daniel Carrera
May 1, 2005, 11:17:07
 
How can IBM release a closed source fork ...   Re: Re: IBM will blow this out of the water   
Lance DeVooght
May 1, 2005, 13:15:11
 
Unfortunately, the LGPL is only one of t ...   Re: Re: Re: IBM will blow this out of the water   
Daniel Carrera
May 1, 2005, 17:31:30
 
"but have them give us money in return." ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: IBM will blow this out of the wate   
sdfsdfsadfdf
May 2, 2005, 12:28:12
 
> "but have them give us money in return ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: IBM will blow this out of the   
Daniel Carrera
May 2, 2005, 12:54:53
 
"us" could be taken to mean you consider ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: IBM will blow this out of   
Rascalson
May 2, 2005, 16:43:13
 
> "us" could be taken to mean you consid ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: IBM will blow this out   
Daniel Carrera
May 2, 2005, 18:47:45
 
The post was in reference to OpenOffice. ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: IBM will blow this out   
C. Whitman
May 2, 2005, 20:19:15
 
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