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To: cheryl williamson who wrote (34282)	11/19/1999 11:58:00 AM
From: Valley Girl	Read Replies (1) of 74651

A friend of mine works in Finance at a major high-tech firm here, and he installed Star Office just to try it out. It was pretty awful (he used less polite language). Of course, it was the NT version, but among other things it was slow, didn't work properly in hi-color graphics mode, took over the task bar in a most annoying manner, and was unable to properly read some of his PowerPoint presentations. I've nothing against SUNW, a great company that I hope continues to prosper. But they've a ways to go before StarOffice is ready to dethrone MSOffice. Might I ask what the business model is for continuing to give it away if it actually started to gain market share? Surely making no revenue would be a drawback when considering making further investments in the product. Would SUNW charge for support, or rental? Or is the whole idea simply to poke a finger in Gates' eye?

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