staroffice

[Douglas Sparling]

You have to register on-line to download it, but it's not mandatory to
register StarOffice once you load it on your machine. There was a recent
review of StarOffice with a list of types of files it would import and
how well. Might have been in Unix Review (maybe Software Development or
SysAdmin). I'm going to play with it this weekend.

"Maurice L. Entwistle" wrote:

> I'd like to know if you still have to go thru a registration
> rigamarole with Star Office. If not, that's wonderful. I seem to have
> a "lock" file on my Netscape, so I still can't get out there with
> Linux yet.
>
> Maurice
>
> Douglas Sparling wrote:
>
>> I downloaded StarOffice for my PC last night...I installed it but I
>> haven't tried it yet. As soon as I get my Linux box on the Internet
>> I'll
>> try it there too.
>>
>> mlee at microlink.net wrote:
>>
>> > i probably missed it the first time around and it's probably
>> > old news, but sun acquired staroffice and made binaries of the
>> > suite available for free download.  check
>> >
>> > http://www.sun.com/products/staroffice/
>> > or
>> > http://www.sun.com/products/staroffice/faq.html
>> >
>> > for more info.  has anybody downloaded it and tried it yet?
>> > i'm particulary interested in the spreadsheet application,
>> > as i have yet to find anything to replace excel (not saying
>> > nothing's out there, just that i haven't found anything).
>> >
>> > matt
>> >
>>
>
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