Sun Microsystems Unveils StarOffice(TM) 9 Software; Announces Major
Updates Across Office Productivity Suite and Adds Native Support for Mac
OS X
Growing, Award-Winning Suite is Now Interoperable With More
Standards and Operating Systems Than Ever Before; Updates Also Included
in Asian-Language Counterpart StarSuite(TM) 9 Software
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) November 17, 2008 --
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:JAVA) today announced the availability
of StarOffice 9 and its Asian language counterpart StarSuite 9 with new
versions of word processor, presentation, spreadsheet, database and
drawing software. This major update to Sun's productivity suite comes
with native support for Mac OS X, delivers significant enhancements and
provides advanced, extensible productivity tools for all users.
With Mozilla's Thunderbird email client and Lightning extension for
calendaring as part of its distribution, StarOffice 9 software provides
a simple, comprehensive solution for businesses of all sizes, from
small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to large enterprise customers.
The suite includes many extensions that make it easier to perform common
tasks such as editing PDF files, creating reports, blogging, and
publishing wikis. Additionally, Sun Services 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 new OOXML files -- and for PDF,
which can now be imported and edited."
"In the more than 25 years that I've worked in the computer industry, I
don't know when I've been as proud as I am today -- with the release of
StarOffice 9.0," said Jim Parkinson, Vice President, Developer, Tools
and Services at Sun Microsystems, Inc. "The StarOffice engineering teams
and OpenOffice.org community have come together to produce a first-class
product. With the new features in 9.0, businesses get an open
standards-based, enterprise-class office productivity suite that is
compatible with Microsoft Office but costs significantly less. With its
ability to read MS Office Open XML files, support for MS Access 2007
.accdb files and improved VBA macro support, StarOffice 9 is a great
option for companies looking to reduce their IT costs in these tough
economic times."
StarOffice 9 is completely open sourced, with the same binaries as
OpenOffice.org(TM) 3.0. In this release, StarOffice has a fresh new
look, with a new start center, new icons and a host of usability
improvements. Many new features – multiple
page editing in Writer, an optimization Solver tool and 1024 columns in
Calc, native table support in Impress, and effective handling of
poster-size graphics in Draw -- increase productivity and make
StarOffice 9 very easy to use.
Pricing and Availability
StarOffice 9 and StarSuite 9 are available for download from http://globalspecials.sun.com
for $34.95. Volume pricing for the enterprise starts at $25 per user and
is immediately available from Sun and its authorized resellers. The new
subscription model includes license and support, comes in one- and
three-year terms, and the customers can choose between standard or
premium support. More information about services is available at http://sun.com/software/staroffice/support.jsp.
Information about features, extensions and languages can be found at http://sun.com/staroffice.
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Sun Microsystems develops the technologies that power the global
marketplace. Guided by a singular vision -- "The Network is the
Computer" -- Sun drives network participation through shared innovation,
community development and open source leadership. Sun can be found in
more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com.
Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Java, StarOffice, StarSuite,
OpenOffice.org and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and
other countries.
All prices noted are U.S. list price. All prices quoted are in U.S.
Dollars.
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