“Sun is to release an update to StarOffice that would let users
easily transfer data to Web-hosted StarPortal services, said Star
Office’s founder Thursday…”
“Without the capability to synch existing data with what is
being hosted you’re not going to get far,” said Jon Collins, senior
analyst at Bloor Research. “Tools like this are the migration
path between the two technologies…“
“Although Sun has released desktop versions of Star Office Sun
president Ed Zander said the key reason for its acquisition of Star
Division was for its portal technology which let office
applications be deployed, cross platform, over the Web.”