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staroffice
Name: Len Date: September 1, 2002 at 09:35:49 Pacific
Comment:
I tried to download the staroffice from the download.com and It shows me that is not longer for free to download. May I know where I can get this program with free.
Name: Lawrence Date: September 1, 2002 at 10:37:36 Pacific
Reply:
When Version 6.0 of StartOffice came out, Sun decided to charge $75 for it (but free if you are from educational or non-profile institution). Therefore, you can't download it for free anymore. However, if you need it, you can get it for cheaper than $75 from either Mandrake or Xiam. Otherwise, use OpenOffice which is technically StarOffice 5.2 (www.openoffice.org).
Lawrence
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Response Number 2
Name: Len Date: September 1, 2002 at 11:10:35 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks Lawrence
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Response Number 3
Name: Jake Date: September 1, 2002 at 18:52:33 Pacific
Reply:
I've used SO 5.2 and 6 beta, and I currently use OO 1.0. OO seems more like SO 6 than 5.2.
This is what I found at openoffice.org:
StarDivision, the original author of the StarOffice suite of software, was founded in Germany in the mid-1980s. It was acquired by Sun Microsystems during the summer of 1999 and StarOffice 5.2 was released in June of 2000. Future versions of StarOffice software, beginning with 6.0, will be built using the OpenOffice.org source, APIs, file formats, and reference implementation.
So it looks like StarOffice isn't worth the money unless you want to support Sun.
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Response Number 4
Name: Guy Allard Date: September 3, 2002 at 13:08:38 Pacific
Reply:
This thread is a little old, but ....
I just D/Ld OO 1.0.1 and installed it on a RH 7.3 system.
Installs clean (read the .pdf install manual first - 2 phase install), and runs fine.
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