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StarOffice 9 is the new and improved version of Sun's award winning office productivity suite that can read, edit and save Microsoft Office files. It contains full-featured applications, including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, with version 9 adding a host of productivity and ...

macnn.com - 11/18/2008

Sun releases final version of StarOffice 9

— macnn.com — After brief period of beta testing, Sun says it has released the final version of StarOffice 9,... its work suite aimed directly at competing with Microsoft Office. Unlike the Microsoft software, StarOffice is open-source, being based on OpenOffice 3.0; ... (more) Sun releases final version of StarOffice 9

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Microsoft Opens Online Store

— pheedo.com — Microsoft opened its own online store on Friday, joining the ranks of Apple, Sony, and a long... list of other companies that began offering Web-based stores years ago. Like other online stores, Microsoft's venture -- dubbed Microsoft Store -- gives it a way to sell direct... (more) Microsoft Opens Online Store

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MacUser: StarOffice for Mac goes native

Infinite Loop: StarOffice 9 now available for Mac "for the first time"

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StarOffice for Mac goes native
MacUser — ... or vi.) For the low low price of a Jackson, Hamilton and a Lincoln ($35), you can now get the native, full-fledged version of StarOffice 9 for the Mac. Earlier this year, the beta was available--and Derik told us that the price would be $70. Now that StarOffice is half that much, you'd be a fool not to try it. StarOffice, of course, is based on the same source code as OpenOffice--which is free--but hey, if you still want it, go ahead and grab it here. If you give it a spin, let us know how it goes. Primary category: ...

StarOffice 9 now available for Mac "for the first time"
Infinite Loop — [image] Since we brought you news of Microsoft's holiday deal this morning, we would be remiss if we didn't also bring you news of Sun Microsystems' announcement that its StarOffice suite is now ready for consumption "for the first time" on Mac OS X. For those who don't know the history , StarOffice was around before the popular OpenOffice and was purchased by Sun Microsystems in 1999. In 2000, the company made the source code available to the public and, at that time, spinoffs started to become available. For whatever reason, Sun kept the StarOffice suite going and continues to charge for the array of programs. The new Mac version of StarOffice 9 will run $34.95 and includes Writer, Calc, Impress, ...