If you haven't tried it already and are looking for an open
source office suite, check out www.openoffice.org. It's backed by Sun
and made to compete more directly with Microsoft then StarOffice was.
The Windows and *nix version of the software is fully released, but the
Mac is still a in a development stage.
-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Scarbrough [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 9:19 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [tech-cord] Star Office (was:Microsoft)
George writes:
> Contrary to rumors, Staroffice 6.0 is free to schools after you
>purchase one copy for $50 and send in a licensing form. I've been
>using Staroffice for about 18 months now and switched to 6.0 about 6
>weeks ago and have to say it is a greatly improved product. It will
>open and save in the Microsoft Office format so there really aren't any
>compatibility issues . I'm going to put it on machines that do not
>have Office on them yet, faculty and student.
Sad news...
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STAROFFICE NOT FORTHCOMING FOR MAC
Contrary to recent news reports, Sun Microsystems and Apple Computer are
not developing a version of StarOffice for the Mac, according to an
official from Sun. Two open-source developers have produced an alpha
version of OpenOffice for Mac; StarOffice is based on the OpenOffice
suite, developed by OpenOffice.org. At a news conference Monday, the
official from Sun and the two developers said that there have been talks
between Sun and Apple, but there are no plans to move forward with such
a project. The developers said it would take them another one to three
years to finish work on their "Apple ready" version of OpenOffice, one
with all of the features and user interface of other Apple applications.
InfoWorld, 30 July 2002 http://www.idg.net/ic_899509_1794_9-10000.html
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Steve Scarbrough, Technology Coordinator
Storm Lake Community School District
419 Lake Avenue
Storm Lake, IA 50588
712.732.8100 fax:8101
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://mail.storm-lake.k12.ia.us/~sscarbrough/
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