[ale] Google to distribut StarOffice for free

Michael B. Trausch mike at trausch.us
Tue Aug 21 10:54:53 EDT 2007


Bruce wrote:
> 
> I know OOo is free (and from what I'm reading here -
> so is Star Office) - but I think the average user
> might be more apt to install Star Office as part of
> Google pack than go search out OOo and install it.
> 

StarOffice is free as in cost to students and certain other individuals,
but it is still proprietary.  StarOffice, when I tried it, didn't have
enough of a benefit to me to be worth using over OpenOffice.org.

	--- Mike

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