:The Star (Malaysia): Legalise your office software, for free [with StarOffice]
The Star (Malaysia): Legalise your office software, for free [with StarOffice] Jul 5, 2000, 14 :37 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (3919 reads) (Other stories by M. MADHAVAN)
"...Sun Microsystems Malaysia Sdn Bhd on Tuesday launched the
latest version of its Star Office suite of office applications, which it is making
available for free through the Internet...
Its managing director Govinathan Pillai claimed that the availability of free office
software would help companies currently using illegal software to "go legal'' before
they are raided."
"Why get raided and paraded," asked Govinathan, who added that companies
should not have to fork out thousand of ringgit to legalise their office applications.
A typical package of the very popular Microsoft Office suite of applications costs
from RM2,010 (US$529) to RM3,226 (US$849) depending on the edition."
"In conjunction with the launch, Sun Microsystems Malaysia also announced its
was establishing a "Star Portal" website. This would allow Malaysians to use Star
Office off the portal; they would [not] need to download the software and store it on
their computer's hard disk drives.
The portal is expected to be ready by year-end."
