| OpenOffice gets the 'Red Carpet' treatment from Ximian |
May 30, 2002
Boston, MA -- (press release excerpt) -- Ximian, Inc.today announced the availability of OpenOffice.org 1.0, a complete suite of office applications for Linux, through the Ximian Red Carpet software management application. OpenOffice.org 1.0, the open source implementation of Sun's StarOffice 6.0, is a community developed office productivity suite that includes key desktop applications such as word processor, spreadsheet, presentation and drawing programs. Red Carpet users will now have the option of including the OpenOffice.org 1.0 application suite in their Linux desktops. Red Carpet is included as part of the Ximian Desktop software for Linux used by over 1,000,000 people worldwide, and it can be purchased or downloaded here.
The OpenOffice.org 1.0 office suite integrates with Ximian Desktop, a complete desktop environment and robust suite of applications that provide an alternative to companies who run Linux in addition to other operating systems. Ximian Desktop also combines the Ximian GNOME desktop interface and applications, Red Carpet, and Ximian Evolution, the leading email and personal information management suite for Linux. Ximian Desktop supports a range of Linux distributions including Red Hat, SuSE, Mandrake, Debian, Yellow Dog and more.
The OpenOffice.org suite is the latest set of productivity applications available through Ximian's solutions. Recently, Ximian announced availability of StarOffice 6.0 across a range of Ximian products and services. Customers can receive StarOffice 6.0 by purchasing the Ximian Desktop Professional Edition ($59.95) or by subscribing to the premium Red Carpet Express or Red Carpet CorporateConnect software management services.
OpenOffice.org 1.0 is available immediately from Ximian at no charge by subscribing to the OpenOffice.org channel in Red Carpet. Red Carpet can be downloaded or purchased on CD as part of the Ximian Desktop Standard Edition ($29.95) or Professional Edition ($59.95) products.
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