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Sun Unveils StarOffice 9 SoftwareSun Microsystems has announced the availability of StarOffice 9 and its Asian language counterpart StarSuite 9 with versions of word processor, presentation, spreadsheet, database and drawing software. With Mozilla's Thunderbird email client and Lightning extension for calendaring as part of its distribution, StarOffice 9 software provides a solution for businesses. The company said the suite includes extensions such as editing PDF files, creating reports, blogging, and publishing wikis. Additionally, Sun Services said it can provide enterprise tools to assist customers who are migrating from Microsoft Office to StarOffice 9. "With every release, StarOffice becomes a more powerful, effective productivity tool. The latest, StarOffice 9, is especially notable for how well it deals with various file formats," said Jonathan Eunice, Founder and Principal IT Adviser at Illuminata. "In addition to its Microsoft Office -- both legacy and OOXML files -- and for PDF, which can now be imported and edited." StarOffice 9 is open sourced, with the same binaries as OpenOffice.org 3.0. StarOffice 9 and StarSuite 9 are available for download from http://globalspecials.sun.com. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) http://www.10meters.com Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected] |