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Sun buys maker of StarOffice
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Hemos
on Fri Aug 20, 1999 10:16 PM
from the scott-wants-to-get-office-now dept.
from the scott-wants-to-get-office-now dept.
Anonymous Coward writes "CNet reports that Sun has bought Star Division-
the maker of StarOffice for Linux and other OSs.
" Purchase price unknown, but it fits into Sun's strategy quite nicely.
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Not a good thing - Sun hates OS specific stuff. (Score:4)
Although a(nother) powerful company behind a popular Linux application definitely swings more momentum towards it, Sun's public persona seems to be platform specific - the Java platform, that is. Is there any (end user) software coming from inside Sun that isn't Java? Is there any that runs on multiple platforms like StarOffice does (other than the Java environment itself)?
Unfortunately, you know that old story - big company buys small company with the talent for getting quality things done quick. Getting absorbed into a gigantic infrastructure seems to take a toll on results.
So - I hope that Sun keeps Star separate, I hope that Sun doesn't trash everything that isn't Java, and I hope that quality software results.