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[Chandler]

I've been using 5.2 for a while now on my second PC and it has been very good.  It has never crashed.  This is the sort of suite that you would expect to pay over ?200 for.



When it's free it's an absolute bargain!



Chandler Bing

http://www.chandler-bing.ic24.net

[n/a]

Sun Microsystems doesn't care much for Microsoft, and one of the nice things they've done is take over Star Office and distribute it for free. Gee, I wonder why.



Previous versions of this full-featured suite have been given rave reviews.



From the Naked PC Newsletter.



Sun has released the beta of version 6.0 of its free, cross-

platform StarOffice office utility package. StarOffice is a free

download (true for both its current version 5.2 and the beta

v6.0), versus Microsoft Office XP Standard's street price of

$424. This huge dollar savings has tempted plenty of folks to

give StarOffice a spin. Furthermore, Sun has released the entire

source code base for StarOffice. Version 6.0 is scheduled to be

released in the first half of 2002.

To download the beta of v6.0:

http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/420/tr.cgi?news3

To read more about v5.2's features and specifications:

http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/420/tr.cgi?news4









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