| Sun's 'Office competitor' to cost $76 [CNET] |
May 15, 2002
CNET News.com's 'ace reporter' Stephen Shankland provides details about Sun's upcoming release of StarOffice and the challenge to Microsoft Office. Shankland writes . . .
"Sun Microsystems' StarOffice 6.0 will go on sale May 21 with a price of $75.95, the company will announce Wednesday, in a more concerted effort by the server specialist to take on Microsoft's overwhelmingly dominant Office."
"StarOffice 5.2 has been available as a free download since Sun acquired the StarOffice product line in 1999, but Sun said earlier this year it would charge for the new version and provide better support for customers using it. . . ."
" . . . One major change of the new version of StarOffice is that individual programs such as word processor, spreadsheet and presentation software can be launched separately. In 5.2, it was all or nothing. The new version also uses XML-based file formats that aren't proprietary like Microsoft Office documents . . . "
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