Sun Denies StarOffice on Mac OS X

Posted by pudge on Wednesday July 31, 2002 @07:18AM from the eh-who-needs-it dept.

mattworld1 writes, "MacCentral is reporting that while development of OpenOffice for Mac OS X will continue, Sun is denying that a version of StarOffice is in the works. This is unfortunate, as it would be nice for Mac OS X users to have a good alternative to the expensive Microsoft Office." Apparently it's not all bad news, as VValdo writes, "The recent announcement of a collaboration from Apple/Sun on a Java-based version of StarOffice for Mac OS X shocked and angered many of the OpenOffice developers who had been left totally in the dark. After two days of intense programming on a proof of concept, they announced a first look at Open Office in Aqua." Neat!

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Re:There will be StarOffice... by thrillbert · 2002-07-31 09:04 · Score: 1, Offtopic

May have been weak, but at least I did it without wimping out and posting anonymously..

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and a final completely unuseful tidbit... by openstep · 2002-07-31 14:16 · Score: 0, Offtopic

The desktop picture in the way back is britney spears on a tree swing.

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