[KLUG Members] Re: Cost of Star Office 6.0 -- retail list $75.95

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 17:07, Adam Williams wrote:
> The cost of Star Office 6.0 from Sun Microsystems is going to be
> $76-$79 dollars.
> And Gartner group says it will actually cost $1,200 to switch an
> M$-Office user to Star Office due to things like re-training, etc..
> Training!?  Who does that?

According to this article:
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-913812.html

The official, retail list price is $75.95 starting May 21.  OEM and
volume licensing will bring the price down to $25-50/seat.

According to this article:
http://www.idg.net.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/0FCBFF438D265BF7CC256BB7006ECB71!opendocument

The retail box will include the CD, manual and a web-based traning
class.

-- Bryan

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