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Sun Unveils StarOffice 9 Software
[November 23, 2008]

Sun Unveils StarOffice 9 Software


Sun 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


native ISO-standard Open Document Format, it has strong support for
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.
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