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StarOffice Dropped From Google Pack

Posted by timothy on from the stardom-is-temporary dept.

Barence writes "Sun's StarOffice suite has been mysteriously dropped from the Google Pack of free software. The office suite has been axed without any warning or explanation on the Google site. Is Google trying to drive more people towards its own online suite of office applications? Or has it been stung into action by Steve Ballmer's recent comment that Microsoft Office faces stronger competition from StarOffice than it does Google Docs and Spreadsheet?"

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  1. If there's one thing I wouldn't do... by davidbrit2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...It's use the frothing rants of Steve Ballmer as the basis of my business strategy.

    1. Re:If there's one thing I wouldn't do... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      In which case, you're obviously not an office furniture supplier.

  2. Re:Well, the important thing... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe we at Google like reading your nutty conspiracy theories. Don't stop on our behalf.

    -- Eric Schmidt

  3. Re:Why not OpenOffice? by radimvice · · Score: 5, Funny

    [citation needed]

    Anonymous Coward. "Re:Why not OpenOffice?" Weblog comment. 10 November 2008. "StarOffice Dropped From Google Pack." Timothy Lord. Slashdot. 10 November 2008 (http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1023681&cid=25702165).

    Hope that helps~