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  • Convert Microsoft Office files to OpenOffice

    If you're switching to OpenOffice, here's how to leverage the Star Office Migration Partner for mass migrations.

  • Linux, StarOffice slash IT costs

    case study When Ron Nath wanted to save his small company big bucks, he blended low-cost software, used laptops, and thin client technology. Here's how he did it.

  • StarOffice scores Canadian win

    Sun Microsystems has recruited one of its biggest customers yet for its StarOffice software, signing a contract with the Ontario Ministry of Education covering 2.5 million students.

  • Office not so suite

    You may not believe this, but Microsoft thinks we're biased...against Microsoft. But if reactions to our office suite review are anything to go by, our readers disagree.

  • The beginning of the end for Microsoft?

    The problems facing Microsoft could well be the "perfect storm" it has been trying to avoid. Will weak products finally presage its downfall?

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  • OpenOffice gets programming kit

    The OpenOffice.org group announces a kit that lets programmers build new modules for open-source alternatives to the Microsoft Office suite.

  • Free office suite heads to the Mac

    OpenOffice.org, the open-source office suite project, has reached a milestone in porting the software to Mac OS X with an early release for Mac developers.

  • StarOffice 8

    StarOffice 8 is an impressive upgrade of Sun's bargain productivity suite, and a good buy for small and large businesses since it costs a fraction of the price of its main competitor, Microsoft Office 2003.

  • OpenOffice ready for world tour

    The organization behind OpenOffice on Wednesday released a trial version of one of the first major updates to the free open-source office software. A beta release of version 1.1 of OpenOffice is available now from OpenOffice.org.

  • SuSE 8.0 arrives without StarOffice

    The German Linux distributor has built many new features into its latest software, but has left out StarOffice 6.0 because of new licensing terms from Sun.

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