Free versions of Star Office will now only be available to Solaris users. Free versions for Linux and Windows users will no longer be offered!
A homemade translation of the first article to report this reads, "With version 6.0 of Star Office, scheduled to be released in May, Sun has changed the product politics of their Office package, which had been freely distributed since the aquisition of Hamburg-based Star Division. In the future, Sun wishes to charge license fees for usage of the Windows and Linux versions. Only the version for Sun's own operation system Solaris will remain free."
So, they're saying that they support Linux 100%, while still pushing Solaris? Doesn't sound like a good combination to me...
But anyway, is anyone really that bothered? There will still be Open Office available for free as well as the various other office packages that are available. I don't see this as any great loss to the community.
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