“The newest version of Sun Microsystems’ StarOffice desktop
software suite, a competitor to Microsoft Office, is now available
online.P”Sun started selling the software as a $79.95 download from its
Web site Tuesday, but the boxed retail version of the product won’t
ship until the first week of November, a Sun representative said.
And Lindows, a company that sells a version of the Linux operating
system, also began selling the software as a $59.95 download, the
company said Wednesday.“For business users, prices range from $60 per user for 25 users
to $25 per user for 10,000 users, Sun said. Educational customers
may use the software for free…”