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IT@AsiaOne: StarOffice to give MS Office a run for its money

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 14, 1999

“The new software is free for individual use and offers a
similar set of applications that come bundled with MS Office.”

“It runs across all major operating environments, including
Windows 95/98/NT, Sun’s Solaris and Java, IBM’s OS/2, and most of
the flavours of Unix, including Linux. Linux is a flavour of Unix
that’s available free on the Internet and has its own strong
following”

“”With this ground-breaking move, we plan to populate this suite
worldwide and wipe out piracy once and for all for non-commercial
use,” Star Division said.”

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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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