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StarOffice: A Java-based office suite from Sun that runs under Solaris, Windows and Linux. StarOffice reads and writes Microsoft Office and many other file formats and includes a word processor,...; Full StarOffice Definition >>

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Do we need two open source office suites?: Do we need two open source office suites?That Made Me Scratch My Head, TooMethinks Dana needs to go back and double-check his sources. And, by the way, StarOffice's roots actually go back much further than that: Star Division's StarWriter was first developed back in the mid-80's for CP/M. ...; Tags: OpenOffice, Linux, Word processors, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, open-source office suite, Symphony, StarOffice, Novell Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-06-05
Can open source help liberate the bureaucracy?: Britain's national plan to bring order and interoperability to the patient records and operations of the national health service was going to cost about £1.2bn and be an enormous business and political success by early 1998. Ten years later it's widely expected to be a continuing £13bn pound...; Tags: Agency, Health Care, Bureaucracy, StarOffice, Open Source, Advertising & Promotion, Office Suites, Software, Marketing, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-06-05
Will IBM's Lotus Symphony succeed where other Office killers haven't?: IBM's September 18 unveiling of its IBM Lotus Symphony desktop-productivity suite -- yet another Open Document Format ODF alternative to Microsoft Office -- got me thinking about when and whether too many choices yield confusion. IBM Lotus Symphony is another OpenOffice.org variant. It is free and available...; Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Office, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., StarOffice, OpenDocument Format, IBM Corp., IBM Lotus Symphony, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2007-09-18
StarOffice (jsp): StarOffice 8 is an affordable office productivity suite that can read, edit and save Microsoft Office files. It contains full-featured applications, including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, graphics and database capabilities. StarOffice 8 is available in many languages and it offers flexibility for your home or office by running on multiple...; Tags: JSP, StarOffice 8, StarOffice, Office Suites, Software; Software downloads 2007-08-29
Microsoft Office is dead meme revived: Microsoft Office is dead meme revivedDefinition of "Keep out of the dead pool"Stay as far away from Microsoft as you can, and stay in the shallow end if one ever has to wade into the poisoned pool.Two innacuraciesNot a bad summary of the current state of the business, you have...; Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, OPEN SOURCE, OpenDocument Format, IBM Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., object-oriented, StarOffice, OpenOffice; Discussion threads 2007-08-14

Microsoft Office is dead meme revived: My friend Steve Gillmor has been bloviating about the death of bloated Microsoft Office for years. Google's cloud-based apps are poised to put a stake in the heart of Microsoft's Office business, which accounted for the majority $16.37 billion in revenue for Microsoft Business Division in the fiscal year ending...; Tags: Google Inc., Google Docs, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., StarOffice, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-08-14
Sun/Google and Adobe now gunning for Microsoft Office: Whether Google Docs & Spreadsheets is a full-fledged Microsoft Office competitor is up for debate. But StarOffice, Sun's desktop-productivity suite, is definitely a head-to-head Office rival. And StarOffice distributed by Google? There's no way anyone could claim that isn't meant to be a direct shot across the Microsoft Office bow.Over...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Google Docs, Microsoft Office, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., StarOffice, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2007-08-14
Barcode Macros for OpenOffice and StarOffice (zip): Add barcodes to OpenOffice and StarOffice with IDAutomation's VB macros and free barcode font tools. Barcodes supported include Postnet, Code 3 of 9, Interleaved 2 of 5, Code 93, Code 128, UPC, EAN, UCC-128 and MSI. Tutorial includes Calc, Base and Writer examples.; Tags: Tutorial, Font, StarOffice, OpenOffice, Open Source, Office Suites, Software; Software downloads 2007-08-14
Google kicks Microsoft where it hurts, again: Google kicks Microsoft where it hurts, againGet it Right ...Staroffice is available from SUN in which you get support and addition templates, graphics for the $70 USD.OpenOffice is the same core, with no support. other than thru the community, but it is FREE.GOOGLE has been supporting the OpenOffice version.Message has...; Tags: OpenOffice, StarOffice, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-08-11
Google kicks Microsoft where it hurts, again: Do you know about Google Updater? There is a good chance you have it installed on your computer already as it's bundled with other Google products like the browser toolbar. Well, in what seems to be an obvious attempt to steal even more users away from Microsoft Office...; Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2007-08-11
Kural Tamil Software (Tamil) (exe): Kural Tamil Software is a keyboard manager that helps to directly input Tamil in any Microsoft Windows applications. It can be used with MS Office, Open Office, Star Office, Google's Docs, and Spreadsheet, WordPad, Notepad, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape, Adobe products, and many more applications. And also helps to chat...; Tags: Unicode, Kural Tamil Software, Keyboards, StarOffice, Hardware, Peripherals, Office Suites, Software; Software downloads 2007-07-05
Are Linux vendors predatory?: Are Linux vendors predatory?Oops..."You can release code you wrote and seek to control it, through some version of a BSD license"One does not use a BSD style license to control code. A good license to control code is the MPL - witness all of the companies that use the...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Red Hat Inc., Covalent Technologies, predatory behavior, MPL, OpenOffice, StarOffice, software; Discussion threads 2007-05-30
StarOffice 8 Conversion Technology Preview (exe): The StarOffice 8 Conversion Technology Preview is a plug-in for Microsoft Word 2003 that allows users of Microsoft Word 2003 to read, edit and save import to the OpenDocument Format ODF. This initial plug-in application will support the conversion of text documents (.doc/.odt) only and full support of spreadsheet and...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Plug-in, StarOffice 8 Conversion Technology Preview, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Word, Word Processors, StarOffice, Microsoft Office, Emerging Technologies, Office Suites, Software; Software downloads 2007-02-27
Quick View Plus (exe): Quick View Plus 9 lets you view all the files and email attachments you need, instantly, without purchasing numerous software programs. Quick View Plus maintains the formatting of the files you view. So you can see and print files as they were originally created and meant to be seen, complete...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., E-mail, StarOffice, Microsoft Project, OpenOffice, Web Browsers, Word Processors, Online Communications, Office Suites, Software, Microsoft Office, Internet; Software downloads 2007-01-18
Report: Microsoft expects Adobe to file antitrust suit: Report: Microsoft expects Adobe to file antitrust suitNO... Open Office reads/writes to Officeand MS has not sued anyone.How much do you want to bet?Think Word formats and say something like Open Office.HTHJoeStarOfficeStarOffice is a commercial app, is it not?And of Sun's Star?ntKeep reading.The paragraph after the one you quoted-"Adobe wants...; Tags: Microsoft Office, antitrust, StarOffice, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adobe PDF; Discussion threads 2006-06-02
Microsoft: OpenDocument is too slow: Microsoft: OpenDocument is too slowSounds more like MS used a trick implementation to make it faster, the samecould probably be done with OpenOffice at the expense of turning it into spagetti code. I really doubt there is anything in the format itself that makes it faster. Keeping a current image...; Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenOffice, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., StarOffice; Discussion threads 2006-05-25
Does the OpenDocument religion make sense?: With news that the OASIS ODF Open Document Format is picking up steam, I had an opportunity to chat with Sun Microsystems and their StarOffice engineers in Germany this morning. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss ODF, OpenOffice.org and StarOffice performance or lack thereof. Last year...; Tags: OpenDocument Format, OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office; Blog posts 2006-04-19
Google Desktop SDK (zip): The Google Desktop SDK enables software developers to integrate Desktop with their own applications. Write plug-ins that let your users search: * Email applications such as Lotus, Eudora, Yahoo Mail, and Hotmail * Files from iTunes, Wordperfect, StarOffice, or any other file format * Web history from Opera, AOL, or...; Tags: Google Inc., Google Desktop, SDK, Google Desktop SDK, E-mail, StarOffice, E-mail Providers, Online Communications, Office Suites, Software, Internet; Software downloads 2006-02-24
Prediction- Google-powered Star Office suite for Dell: Prediction- Google-powered Star Office suite for DellDell already preloads Google softwareI just installed two Dell computers for customers (one XP Home, one XP Pro) and they both were set up with Google toolbar and Google desktop already installed. And Google Pack provides the installation base for other software. So this...; Tags: OpenOffice, OPEN SOURCE, Google Inc., StarOffice, Dell Computer Corp.; Discussion threads 2006-02-08
Prediction- Google-powered Star Office suite for Dell: CNBC reports that Google is in negotiation with Dell on a $1 billion deal that would let Google install some of its software on all new Dell computers.Fellow blogger Rich Tehrani writes that for that amount of money, we should expect something "radically" new. He surmises this could be...; Tags: Google Inc.; Blog posts 2006-02-07