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To: chunmun who wrote (23637)	11/30/1999 12:57:00 PM
From: QwikSand	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 64865

I agree that one of the really big opportunities for Star Office is in higher education, because it is free, reads & writes (most) MS Office-format documents, and (almost) runs on everything. There was a release last week to the effect that Sun is ramping up work on the Mac version, which Star Division had allowed to lag since version 4.0. Higher education is still 30-40% Macs, so a Mac version is critical. Once that's working, then Star Office is a clear no-brainer superior choice to MS Office because of cost, MS compatibility and platform support (Win32, Mac, Linux, Solaris, other Unixes...i.e., everything a campus could need). Hopefully Sun is pushing this. Regards, --QS

To: chunmun who wrote (23637)	11/30/1999 1:05:00 PM
From: Lynn	Respond to of 64865

Hummmm... I think I'll go over to our computer center tonight or tomorrow and download it there onto a zip drive. A comparison with Wordperfect could be quite helpful for people who use it. I myself only use Word or the mainframe word processing software [yes, I still use the mainframe!]. To the best of my knowledge, MS has my university by the throat. Departments and offices seem to get MS software for free. This basically forces faculty, staff, and students to buy discounted MS software for their own machines. Lynn