paul marwick wrote to All on 09-10-1999

pm> I don't know how many people in here are aware of it, but 
pm> Sun has (or is in the process of) buying Stardivision.
pm> 
pm> As a result of the takeover, Sun are offering a CD with all 
pm> versions of StarOffice on it for a very nominal $US9.95 
pm> plus freight. StarOffice has bcome free for any use.
pm> 
pm> I've just got my new CD - to get it to Australia cost more 
pm> than the CD, but delivery was prety prompt. 
pm> 
pm> The CD contains StarOffice for Windows, OS/2, Linux, Solaris and 
pm> Solaris/Intel. Plus a number of extra fonts and clipart. 
pm> Seems like a pretty good deal all up.
pm> 
pm> I found the information at: http://www.sun.com/staroffice

Of special note to users of the Star Division versions: the OS/2
version (68 meg d/l) now includes all the import filters including the
WordPerfect filters.  That was the only real stopper for me with the
Star Division version since I had so much in WP format.  It's still a
beast and slow to load but the 5.1a version appears to be more stable
that the previous versions.  No registration keys, restriction against
commercial use is removed.

Will Honea 
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