Sun puts the StarOffice code into the open source arena

Sun Microsystems has just released the source of its productivity application suite StarOffice. The code is now available for checkout and download at www.openoffice.org. With the release, Sun is hoping to get developer support to improve the quality of the software and to suggest new directions for the StarOffice suite. The office application suite--which includes a word processor, spreadsheet and other desktop applications--competes with Microsoft Office.

Date of publication: 15/10/2000

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