StarOffice 9 Now Comes With Native Mac OS X Support

On November 17,2008 Sun has released the latest version of it’s office productivity suite that is StarOffice 9. StarOffice 9.0 comes with the native support for Mac OS X. Star Office 9.0 is developed on top of Open Office 3.0. StarOffice 9.0 uses Mozilla’s Thunderbird email client and Lightning extension for calendaring as part of its distribution. The suite includes many extensions that make it easier to perform common tasks such as editing PDF files, creating reports, blogging, and publishing wikis.

Jonathan Eunice, Founder and Principal IT Adviser, Said

With every release, StarOffice becomes a more powerful, effective productivity tool. The latest, StarOffice 9, is especially notable for how well it deals with various file formats.In addition to its native ISO-standard Open Document Format, it has strong support for Microsoft Office both legacy and new OOXML files — and for PDF, which can now be imported and edited.

Jim Parkinson, Vice President, Developer, Tools and Services at Sun Microsystems, Inc. Said

In the more than 25 years that I’ve worked in the computer industry, I don’t know when I’ve been as proud as I am today — with the release of StarOffice 9.0 . The StarOffice engineering teams and OpenOffice.org community have come together to produce a first-class product. With the new features in 9.0, businesses get an open standards-based, enterprise-class office productivity suite that is compatible with Microsoft Office but costs significantly less. With its ability to read MS Office Open XML files, support for MS Access 2007 .accdb files and improved VBA macro support, StarOffice 9 is a great option for companies looking to reduce their IT costs in these tough economic times.

StarOffice 9 is completely open sourced, with the same binaries as OpenOffice.org 3.0. In this release, StarOffice has a fresh new look, with a new start center, new icons and a host of usability improvements. Many new features

Multiple page editing in Writer
An optimization Solver tool and 1024 columns in Calc
Native table support in Impress
Effective handling of poster-size graphics in Draw
Increase productivity and make StarOffice 9 very easy to use.

Pricing and Availability

StarOffice 9 and StarSuite 9 are available for download for $34.95. Volume pricing for the enterprise starts at $25 per user and is immediately available from Sun and its authorized resellers. The new subscription model includes license and support, comes in one- and three-year terms, and the customers can choose between standard or premium support. More information about services is available at StarOffice Support website.

Download a complete list of Features that are included in StarOffice 9.0