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“…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.”