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The Register: Sun Aims StarOffice PC bundles at Joe User

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 10, 2003

“Sun wants, and expects, to see StarOffice 6.1 “on the shelves
of Fry’s, CompuUSA [sic] and BestBuy” when the suite is
released this Fall.

“StarOffice product manager Iyer Venkatesan confirmed to us on
Friday that a beta would be released this week, with the final gold
release slated for October.

“So far, the consumer market hasn’t been a focus for Sun. It has
succeeded in bundling StarOffice with Sony’s PCs, but only in
Europe, and it wants more OEM partners…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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