“Sun Microsystems Inc.’s StarOffice is not about to displace
Microsoft Corp.’s Office any time soon, but some IT departments are
beginning to evaluate the merits of the upstart productivity
suite.”
“The free StarOffice suite comprises word processing,
spreadsheet, presentation graphics and other productivity
applications. It runs on Windows, Solaris, OS/2 and Linux…”
“At least one enterprise isn’t reluctant. First Federal Bank
FSB plans to deploy StarOffice 5.1 to users within the next month,
according to Mark Kelly, head of network/technical support at the
bank.“