Singapore Airlines has rolled out Sun Microsystem's StarOffice software in its new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft becoming the first ever airline to install a productivity suite for the benefits of its passengers.
In the category of Productivity Applications, the eWeek Excellence Awards judges were looking for products that do more than just copy Microsoft's Office suite. Sun's StarOffice 8 does just that, offering unique features and a multiplatform system that meets the OASIS ODF standard.
Ultimately, the council decided to move over to Sun's StarOffice suite.
Based on the open source OpenOffice.org suite, StarOffice provides a
complete, supported, cross-platform office solution.
Sun Microsystems Tuesday plans to release a new version of StarOffice
that includes new features to address the software's compatibility with
Microsoft Office.
Massachusetts plans to phase out office productivity applications from Microsoft and other providers in favor of those based on the "open" standards of the OASIS Open Document Format, used in StarOffice 8.
The most widely used alternative to Office is an open-source program
called OpenOffice, which is sponsored by Sun Microsystems....Some will
find that after using OpenOffice for a few months, they have no need to
buy any other product.
Sun Microsystems of Canada Inc. today announced the University of Toronto at Scarborough (UTSC) has standardized on StarOffice office productivity software for all student computing resources. This ensures every student on campus has access to the leading office productivity suite for Linux, UNIX and the most popular alternative for Windows-based computers.
StarOffice 8 comes with a spreadsheet, a word processor, database and
presentation software, and includes greater integration with Microsoft
Office files so users can import and export Microsoft Office files more
easily.
Sun gifts StarOffice to nonprofit and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) throughout the world through a partnership with Gifts In Kind International.
