Midnight tonight is the deadline to d/l StarOffice 6.0 for free...

[Zim Hosein]

StarOffice[tm] 6.0 Office Suite - A Sun ONE Software Offering
StarOffice 5.2 Download to be Removed
With the introduction and availability of StarOffice[tm] 6.0 Office Suite, the StarOffice 5.2 download product will be removed on Wednesday May 29, 2002.

Customers have until midnight Wednesday May 29, 2002, to download at no-charge, StarOffice 5.2 software.

Note that the StarOffice 5.2 packaged product will still be available, after May 29, from Sun at $39.95 (StarOffice 5.2 Deluxe packaged product) or $9.95 (StarOffice 5.2 Slim Kit).

Just wanted to give everyone the heads-up if they are interested 🙂

 

[PliotronX]

It looks more like they're removing StarOffice 5.2 for download. Are they charging for 6.0 now? Since it's based on OpenOffice, might as well go and download OpenOffice instead 😎

 

[FoolishMcNasty]

Where can you d/L 6.0? All I can find is this...

11. Q.
Will there be any free downloads of StarOffice 6.0 software through the Sun Web site?
A.
There will no longer be a free download of StarOffice on the Sun Web site, but those seeking a free office productivity suite can go to http://www.openoffice.org.

 

[Workin']

You can't download StarOffice 6.0. It's a commercial product only.

You can download OpenOffice 1.0, which is the open source version of StarOffice 6. Which is pretty much what FoolishMcNasty said.

 

[manly]

By most accounts, OpenOffice 1.0 is *much* better than StarOffice 5.2 so this is not a big deal.

 

[Workin']

Originally posted by: manly
By most accounts, OpenOffice 1.0 is *much* better than StarOffice 5.2 so this is not a big deal.

I *hated* StarOffice 5.2, but I use OpenOffice 1.0 every day (both under Linux and Windows XP). I think it is quite good and everything that most users need.

 

[apoppin]

I am still using office97.

Thanks for all the tips . . . I will try these free programs . . . heck, I even got the free 30-day trial of OfficeXP from MS (no charge for shipping as posted in hot deals) . . . strangely, MS sent me TWO product keys (one label is pasted over the other but the original key is clearly visible under the top label marked "trial" ).