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An Early Look at StarOffice 8

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the any-open-format-will-do dept.

polar_bear` writes "NewsForge has an early review of Sun's StarOffice 8, set to be released in mid-October. From the article: 'StarOffice 8 is not perfect, but it is an excellent value for businesses that do not depend on proprietary Microsoft formats for production work.'" And yes, for the uninitiated, NewsForge is still owned by the same parent company as Slashdot.

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  1. Obvious by Orrin+Bloquy · · Score: 5, Funny

    FInally, a ReaSon To consider Picking Out another office SuiTe.

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    1. Re:Obvious by ShadoHawk · · Score: 2, Funny

      Another? I'll stick to wordstar on my trash-80.

    2. Re:Obvious by Comboman · · Score: 5, Funny

      CLEarly VERy few microsofT oWners wIll swiTch.

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  2. Hexus link? by kosanovich · · Score: 5, Funny

    I heard Hexus has a review up of the new staroffice too...

  3. Re:(Slightly O/T) OpenOffice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    President Bush doesn't care about BSD people.

  4. Re:Orthogonal by WillerZ · · Score: 2, Funny

    I always assumed it meant "Like unto an orthogon". Of course, that leaves the question of what an orthogon looks like.

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  5. Re:Too much Sun Java stuff in StarOffice now by WillerZ · · Score: 3, Funny

    The license for Java doesn't allow you to use it for life-critical software, so you're violating copyright law if you're letting it control your air-supply anyway.

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