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CNET/Yahoo!: Sun to charge for next StarOffice

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Stephen Shankland
Feb 26, 2002

“In a move that could undercut its anti-Microsoft
campaign, Sun Microsystems plans to start charging for the next
version of its StarOffice software, a suite of programs that
competes with Microsoft Office but runs on Linux and Solaris as
well as on Windows.

Sun has been offering StarOffice as a free download since
acquiring the German company Star Division in 1999. But Sun plans
to start charging for version 6.0, due to arrive in the second half
of May, a source familiar with the plan said.

Sun declined to comment on the matter. “We aren’t announcing any
pricing changes for StarOffice,” said spokesman Russ
Castronovo.”


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