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BANGALORE: Sun Microsystems has announced the availability of StarOffice 8 software, the latest version of its desktop productivity suite. Sun claimed that StarOffice 8 is the first commercial office suite using the Open Document Format for Office Applications, which makes sharing files easier.

StarOffice 8 software comes with capabilities including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing and database said a Sun press release. Based on open source technology, OpenOffice.org, StarOffice 8 runs on Windows, Linux and Solaris operating systems, it said.

The list price for the packaged software product is Rs 5,948 and the download price is Rs 4,162, the release said. For enterprise customers, StarOffice 8 is priced on a tiered, per-user basis, starting at Rs 2,082 per user and Rs 1,488 per user for upgrades. Education organisations can continue to obtain StarOffice 8 software at no-charge.

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