In July 2000, Sun announced that it was opening the StarOffice source code. The Web site quoted a public relations manager at the San Francisco firm of Burson-Marsteller: 'Sun is planning a Mac port, and a schedule will be announced when the requirements have been reviewed.' But that company later ended its relationship with Sun, and a final, commercial version of StarOffice for the Mac did not see the light of day.
However, the project met developmental delays, and in August of 1999 Sun purchased Star Division, complete with StarOffice.īy early 2000, reports of a planned Macintosh version of StarOffice resurfaced. The English version was scheduled to ship in early 1996, soon after Windows 95 and OS/2 versions all three were expected to cost about half the price of Microsoft's Office products.
