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Sun to Charge for Star Office 6.0

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the death-of-a-thousand-pinpricks dept.

biwillia writes: "According to this heise article (in German, or Google translated), free versions of Star Office will now only be available to Solaris users. Free versions for Linux and Windows users will no longer be offered. A homemade translation of the first paragraph reads, 'With version 6.0 of Star Office, scheduled to be released in May, Sun has changed the product politics of their Office package, which had been freely distributed since the aquisition of Hamburg-based Star Division. In the future, Sun wishes to charge license fees for usage of the Windows and Linux versions. Only the version for Sun's own operation system Solaris will remain free.'"

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  1. Re:Open Office by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    It's up now...

    Stupid "wait 14 seconds" before posting again. I haven't posted in hours. If only the /. crew would acknowledge this is in error (and yes, I get this both using ADSL with dynamic IP and using a non-changable IP).

  2. SINE by 3Suns · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is anyone up for writing SINE (Sine Is Not an Emulator)?

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  3. Re:DEAR WAYNE GRETZKY AND CANUCK BASTARDS, by Pengo · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    He is probably from Canada :)

    Not all Americans are sad they lost, it was a great game and exemplifies why the sport is great.

  4. Since when was Solaris FREE? by leereyno · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Sun offers Solaris 8 on x86 at no charge for non-commerical and educational use. It does not offer Solaris for free for commercial use. Also there isn't going to be a version of Solaris 9 for the PC, meaning users are being hung out to dry. I shouldn't even have to mention the fact that the source code to Solaris is proprietary.

    Linux on the other hand is FREE in every sense. It's free to use, free to look at, free to change, and free to redistribute.

    I don't know if you're just trolling or if you're seriously deranged. If its the former take some grow up pills. if its the latter take some happy pills. Of course if you're already on drugs JUST SAY NO!

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  5. Re:DEAR WAYNE GRETZKY AND CANUCK BASTARDS, by IronChef · · Score: 1, Offtopic


    Good job, Canuck punk, you have made me rethink the thoughtful message of congratulations I put on my web site immediately after the game. You're making your country look fantastic.

  6. Re:Leveraging their OS position into other markets by sean23007 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The parent to this comment was rated "Overrated." How can a comment be called overrated when the overrated rating is the first and only? Shouldn't it be impossible for the first rating to say "overrated?"

    Seems somewhat ridiculous to me...

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