[KLUG Members] [Fwd: StarOffice 6.0 Beta Expires March 31 - Free Patch Available]

[Adam Williams]

>I haven't tried (or even downloaded this yet), but FYI:
>Dear StarOffice 6.0 Beta Software User,
>As beta products are designed to run for a limited period of time, the
>StarOffice 6.0 beta product is set to expire on Sunday, March 31, 2002.  Sun 
>is providing a free patch to extend the life of the beta software until
>June 3.  Please visit
>http://chtah.com/a/tA8mPW9AFEw3jAI4FYmAF-TLYUL/patch
>to download the StarOffice 6.0 Beta software patch.

More SO6 news at -
http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2002-03/sunflash.20020319.1.html

First and last paragraphs the most interesting:
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SANTA CLARA, CA -- March 19, 2002 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. today
announced enhanced support offerings for the upcoming release of
StarOffice[tm] 6.0 that will expand the reach of the popular office
productivity suite. Maintaining its commitment to providing the best
value and most cost-effective solutions in multi-platform, full-featured
office productivity software, Sun will continue to enable a no-charge
download of the OpenOffice.org version of the application through the
OpenOffice.org project. In addition, Sun will fully support the on-going
community development process through OpenOffice.org
(www.openoffice.org) and will discontinue the no-charge download of
StarOffice, instead, offering it for sale through a variety of channels.
Specific pricing will be announced when StarOffice 6.0 is available in
the coming months.
. . . . . . middle babble snipped . . . . .. 
StarOffice 6.0 also will be offered to end-users through various retail
channels. The retail package will include the software CD and user
manual, Web-based training, a bundled support incident certificate and
availability on Linux, Solaris and Windows platforms. It will continue
to be priced under $100. The education market, which will be handled by
the Sun Education line of business, will pay only for the cost of the
media (CD-ROM) and shipping.

I hope they can get Best Buy to carry it.   It is nice to know the price
will be under $100,  I was worried they were going to use M$-Office as a
price point.