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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. Don't^H^H^H^H^H Be Evil by dtabraha · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's fine to go off and develop your own office suite and pull someone else's from one of your packages.

    But doing it in secret with no information about when or why? Totally evil.

    IMO Google's main flaw is their lack of support and closed mouth policy about their decisions.