Sun Microsystems plans to release its next version of StarOffice in July, bringing new compatibility with its chief competitor, Microsoft Office.
Sun Microsystems has stepped-up its efforts to barge open a space in the office software market currently dominated by Microsoft.
Microsoft's plan to commit NSW to a three-year, whole-of-government software licence for its office productivity software, Office XP, has fallen short, giving Sun Microsystems StarOffice 6.0 a boost.
Jonathan Schwartz took a job one month ago that most ambitious high-tech field executives would not relish: running a software business forbidden from ever standing on its own.
A high-profile group of companies is expected to back the GNOME Linux interface as a serious competitor to Windows on desktop systems. Can Linux make a run at Windows on the desktop?
Microsoft Office may be the standard, but there are a variety of competitors--old and new--that look like giving it a decent run for its money.
This feature-rich, flexible and above-all free office suite is much more than a refuge for the anti-Microsoft tendency. It works, it's reliable and it's useful.
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