The new offering by Sun Microsystems — StarOffice 7 for the Solaris x86 desktop platform — might be embraced by some corporate users as a way to provide leverage in future negotiations with Microsoft, computer industry analysts said. The move also could pave the way for Sun’s planned Java-based desktop product for the x86 architecture. Sun’s StarOffice is a business productivity suite and is compatible with Microsoft Office file formats.
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StarOffice Giving Corporate Users ‘Leverage’ in Negotiations with Microsoft
Posted by: Gene J. Koprowski February 6, 2004 08:41 AMThe new offering by Sun Microsystems — StarOffice 7 for the Solaris x86 desktop platform — might be embraced by some corporate users as a way to provide leverage in future negotiations with Microsoft, computer industry analysts said. The move also could pave the way for Sun’s planned Java-based desktop product for the x86 architecture. Sun’s StarOffice is a business productivity suite and is compatible with Microsoft Office file formats.