:CNET News.com: Sun to offer Microsoft Office competitor for free
CNET News.com: Sun to offer Microsoft Office competitor for free Aug 31, 1999, 17 :25 UTC (10 Talkback[s]) (10032 reads) (Other stories by Stephen Shankland)
"As part of Sun Microsystems' acquisition of software firm Star
Division, the computing company will put more pressure on Microsoft by
giving a Microsoft Office competitor, called Star Office, away for free to
anyone, the company said.
"... the Star Division acquisition
gives Sun the Star Office suite of office productivity software. Star
Office is similar to Microsoft Office, but it runs on Linux and Sun's
Solaris operating systems as well."
"... when Sun officially announces the Star Division acquisition in New
York, the company will demonstrate the use of StarPortal on a Java-enabled
PalmPilot, which is connected to a server."
"Microsoft continues to evaluate Linux...whether it makes sense to
create a version of Office that runs on it..."
