<s>
StarOffice	B-Application
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
proprietary	B-Application
office	O
suite	O
,	O
its	O
source	O
code	O
continues	O
today	O
in	O
derivative	O
open-source	B-Application
office	O
suites	O
Collabora	B-General_Concept
Online	I-General_Concept
and	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarOffice	B-Application
supported	O
the	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
file	O
format	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
standard	O
,	O
and	O
could	O
generate	O
PDF	B-Application
and	O
Flash	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
included	O
templates	O
,	O
a	O
macro	O
recorder	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
software	B-Application
development	I-Application
kit	I-Application
(	O
SDK	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
originated	O
in	O
1985	O
as	O
StarWriter	B-Application
by	O
Star	O
Division	O
,	O
which	O
marketed	O
the	O
suite	O
with	O
some	O
success	O
,	O
primarily	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarOffice	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
which	O
released	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
as	O
a	O
free	B-License
,	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
office	O
suite	O
called	O
OpenOffice.org,	O
which	O
subsequent	O
versions	O
of	O
StarOffice	B-Application
were	O
based	O
on	O
,	O
with	O
additional	O
proprietary	B-Application
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
in	O
2010	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
product	O
was	O
known	O
briefly	O
as	O
Oracle	B-Application
Open	O
Office	O
before	O
being	O
discontinued	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
with	O
Oracle	B-Application
turning	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
into	O
a	O
"	O
purely	O
community-based	O
project	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarWriter	B-Application
1.0	I-Application
was	O
written	O
by	O
Marco	O
Börries	O
in	O
1985	O
for	O
the	O
Zilog	B-General_Concept
Z80	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
(	O
marketed	O
by	O
Schneider	O
in	O
Germany	O
)	O
under	O
CP/M	B-Application
and	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
8086-based	O
Amstrad	O
PC-1512	O
,	O
running	O
under	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
3.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
the	O
integration	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
individual	O
programs	O
followed	O
as	O
the	O
development	O
progressed	O
to	O
an	O
office	O
suite	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
IBM	O
's	O
OS/2	O
Warp	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
this	O
time	O
onwards	O
Star	O
Division	O
marketed	O
its	O
suite	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
StarOffice.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
version	O
4.2	O
,	O
Star	O
Division	O
based	O
StarOffice	B-Application
on	O
the	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
C++	B-Language
class	B-Library
library	I-Library
StarView	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
Star	O
Division	O
began	O
offering	O
StarOffice	B-Application
for	O
free	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
acquired	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
copyright	O
and	O
trademark	O
of	O
StarOffice	B-Application
in	O
1999	O
for	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
supposedly	O
cheaper	O
than	O
42,000	O
licenses	B-License
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2009	O
,	O
a	O
study	O
showed	O
that	O
StarOffice	B-Application
only	O
had	O
a	O
3%	O
market	O
share	O
in	O
the	O
corporate	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarSuite	B-Application
was	O
the	O
version	O
of	O
StarOffice	B-Application
with	O
Asian	O
language	O
localization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Otherwise	O
the	O
features	O
were	O
identical	O
to	O
StarOffice	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
brands	O
existed	O
because	O
a	O
StarOffice	B-Application
brand	O
was	O
owned	O
by	O
another	O
company	O
in	O
certain	O
Asian	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
NEC	O
produces	O
StarOffice	B-Application
collaborative	O
software	O
(	O
unrelated	O
to	O
the	O
one	O
discussed	O
here	O
)	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Oracle	B-Application
acquired	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
(	O
in	O
January	O
2010	O
)	O
it	O
renamed	O
both	O
StarOffice	B-Application
and	O
StarSuite	B-Application
as	O
"	O
Oracle	B-Application
Open	O
Office	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
StarOffice	B-Application
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
StarOffice	B-Application
Enterprise	O
Edition	O
only	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
differences	O
in	O
the	O
documentation	O
,	O
training	O
and	O
support	O
options	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
minor	O
differences	O
in	O
the	O
look	O
and	O
icons	O
between	O
Oracle	B-Application
Open	O
Office	O
and	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
differences	O
are	O
that	O
StarOffice	B-Application
only	O
supports	O
12	O
languages	O
,	O
compared	O
to	O
over	O
110	O
for	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
+	O
StarOffice	B-Application
release	O
history	O
Version	O
Release	O
date	O
OOo	B-Application
version	O
DescriptionI1985Star-Writer	O
for	O
CP/MI	O
3.0ftp://ftp.cpcszene.de/pub/Computer/Amstrad_CPC/CPC-Literatur/Star_writer	O
%	O
20I.pdf1986Star-Writer	O
for	O
CP/MI	O
3.11986Star-Writer	O
for	O
CP/M1.01986StarWriter	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
3.2.1.01988StarWriter	O
for	O
Atari	O
ST2.01994StarWriter	O
,	O
StarCalc	B-Application
and	O
StarBase	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
3.1.3.01995StarWriter	O
,	O
StarCalc	B-Application
,	O
StarDraw	B-Application
,	O
StarImage	O
,	O
StarChart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DOS	B-Device
,	O
Windows	O
3.1	O
,	O
OS/2	O
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
SPARC	B-Architecture
,	O
Power	O
Macintosh.3.11996-07First	O
to	O
support	O
Linux.4.019975.01998-115.11999-05-205.22000-06-20First	O
Sun	O
release.6.02002-051.07.02003-11-141.1-2.48.02005-09-272.0-2.49.02008-11-173.0-3.2Oracle	O
Open	O
Office	O
3.32010-12-153.3	O
betaLast	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarWriter	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
StarOffice	B-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
successor	O
being	O
StarOffice	B-Application
2.0	I-Application
which	O
included	O
StarWriter	B-Application
compact	O
,	O
StarBase	B-Application
1.0	O
,	O
StarDraw	B-Application
1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
platforms	O
included	O
DOS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarOffice	B-Application
3.0	I-Application
included	O
StarWriter	B-Application
3.0	O
,	O
StarCalc	B-Application
3.0	O
,	O
StarDraw	B-Application
3.0	O
,	O
StarImage	O
,	O
StarChart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
platforms	O
included	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
Windows	O
3.1	O
,	O
OS/2	O
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
on	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
platforms	O
included	O
Windows	O
3.1/95	O
,	O
OS/2	O
(	O
16-bit	O
)	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
i386	O
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
Sparc/x86	O
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
7.5	O
–	O
8.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Caldera	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
supported	O
the	O
Linux-port	O
of	O
StarOffice	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
with	O
approximately	O
800,000	O
DM	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
offer	O
the	O
product	O
with	O
their	O
forthcoming	O
OpenLinux	B-Operating_System
distribution	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
platforms	O
included	O
Windows	O
3.1/95	O
,	O
OS/2	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
i386	O
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
Sparc/x86	O
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
(	O
beta	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
platforms	O
included	O
Windows	O
95/NT	O
3.51	O
,	O
OS/2	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
i386	O
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
Sparc/x86	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
platforms	O
included	O
Windows	O
95	O
,	O
OS/2	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
i386	O
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
Sparc/x86	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
offered	O
StarOffice	B-Application
5.2	I-Application
as	O
a	O
free	B-License
download	O
for	O
personal	O
use	O
,	O
and	O
soon	O
went	O
through	O
an	O
exercise	O
similar	O
to	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
's	I-Protocol
relicensing	O
of	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
,	O
by	O
releasing	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
StarOffice	B-Application
source	O
code	O
under	O
a	O
free/open	O
source	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
resultant	O
free/open	O
source	O
software	O
codebase	O
fork	O
continued	O
development	O
as	O
older	B-Application
discontinued	I-Application
components	I-Application
,	O
with	O
contributions	O
from	O
both	O
Sun	O
and	O
the	O
wider	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
then	O
took	O
"	O
snapshots	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
code	O
base	O
,	O
integrated	O
proprietary	B-Application
and	O
third-party	O
code	O
modules	O
,	O
and	O
marketed	O
the	O
package	O
commercially	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarOffice	B-Application
5.2	I-Application
was	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
to	O
contain	O
the	O
programs	O
listed	O
under	O
older	B-Application
discontinued	I-Application
components	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
platforms	O
included	O
:	O
MS	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
95	O
,	O
98	O
,	O
NT	O
,	O
2000	O
;	O
Linux	B-Application
i386	O
;	O
Solaris	B-Application
Sparc/x86	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
beta	O
version	O
of	O
6.0	O
(	O
based	O
on	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
638c	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
2001	O
;	O
the	O
final	O
6.0	O
(	O
based	O
on	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
1.0	I-Application
)	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
file	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
platforms	O
included	O
Windows	O
95	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
i386	O
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
Sparc/x86	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
version	O
also	O
supported	O
Windows	O
ME/2000	O
for	O
Asian/CJK	O
versions	O
,	O
generic	O
Linux	B-Application
2.2.13	O
with	O
2.1.3	O
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
7	I-Application
SPARC	B-Architecture
(	O
8	O
for	O
Asian	O
version	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
1.1	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
platforms	O
included	O
Windows	O
98	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
i386	O
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
8	I-Application
Sparc/x86	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
version	O
also	O
supports	O
generic	O
Linux	B-Application
with	O
Glibc	O
2.2.0	O
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
10.2	O
for	O
PowerPC	O
with	O
X11	O
in	O
OOO	B-Application
1.1.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
Update	O
5	O
added	O
Windows	O
NT	O
4.0	O
as	O
a	O
supported	O
platform	O
and	O
incorporated	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
file-format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
Updates	O
6-8	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
2.1	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OOO	B-Application
version	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
10.3	O
for	O
PowerPC	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
10.4	O
for	O
x86	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
Updates	O
9-11	O
built	O
on	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
2.2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
features	O
included	O
enhanced	O
Windows	O
Vista	O
integration	O
,	O
PDF	B-Application
export	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
Update	O
12	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
2.4	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OOO	B-Application
version	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
x86-64	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
MIPS	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
S390	O
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
x86/PPC	O
above	O
10.4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
features	O
included	O
improved	O
input	O
and	O
sorting	O
in	O
Calc	O
,	O
block	O
markings	O
in	O
text	O
documents	O
,	O
new	O
import	O
filtering	O
,	O
improved	O
security	O
,	O
access	O
to	O
WebDAV	B-Protocol
servers	O
via	O
HTTPS	O
,	O
and	O
PDF	B-Application
export	O
for	O
long-term	O
archiving	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
released	O
StarOffice	B-Application
8	I-Application
(	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
code	O
of	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
2.0	I-Application
)	O
on	O
27	O
September	O
2005	O
,	O
adding	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
standard	O
and	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
platforms	O
include	O
Windows	O
98/2000	O
(	O
Service	O
Pack	O
2	O
or	O
higher	O
)	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
i386	O
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
8	I-Application
Sparc/x86	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
Updates	O
2	O
–	O
5	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
2.1	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
Updates	O
6	O
–	O
7	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
2.2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
features	O
include	O
enhanced	O
Windows	O
Vista	O
integration	O
,	O
PDF	B-Application
export	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
Updates	O
8	O
–	O
9	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
2.3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
features	O
include	O
bookmark	O
support	O
for	O
PDF	B-Application
export	O
,	O
MediaWiki	B-Application
export	O
in	O
Writer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
Updates	O
10	O
–	O
11	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
2.4	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
features	O
include	O
improved	O
input	O
and	O
sorting	O
in	O
Calc	O
,	O
block	O
markings	O
in	O
text	O
documents	O
,	O
new	O
import	O
filter	O
,	O
improved	O
security	O
,	O
access	O
to	O
WebDAV	B-Protocol
servers	O
via	O
HTTPS	O
,	O
PDF	B-Application
export	O
for	O
long-term	O
archiving	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarOffice	B-Application
9	I-Application
,	O
released	O
17	O
November	O
2008	O
,	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
version	O
1.2	O
of	O
the	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
standard	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	O
files	O
and	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
3.0	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
platforms	O
include	O
Windows	O
2000	O
(	O
Service	O
Pack	O
2	O
or	O
higher	O
)	O
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
10.4	O
(	O
Intel	O
version	O
)	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
2.4	O
i386	O
with	O
version	O
2.3.2	O
or	O
higher	O
,	O
gtk	O
version	O
2.2.0	O
or	O
higher	O
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
for	O
Sparc/x86	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OOO	B-Application
version	O
supports	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
PPC	O
,	O
generic	O
Linux	B-Application
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
Update	O
2	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
3.1.0	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
Update	O
3	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
3.1.1	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
Update	O
4	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
3.2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
bought	O
Sun	O
in	O
January	O
2010	O
and	O
quickly	O
renamed	O
StarOffice	B-Application
as	O
Oracle	B-Application
Open	O
Office	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
15	O
December	O
2010	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
released	O
Oracle	B-Application
Open	O
Office	O
3.3	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
3.3	I-Application
beta	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
web-based	O
version	O
called	O
Oracle	B-Application
Cloud	O
Office	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traditionally	O
,	O
StarOffice	B-Application
licenses	B-License
sold	O
for	O
around	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
2004	O
,	O
Sun	O
planned	O
to	O
offer	O
subscription-based	O
licenses	B-License
to	O
Japanese	O
customers	O
for	O
about	O
(	O
)	O
per	O
year	O
(	O
Becker	O
,	O
2004	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
P	O
.	O
Ulander	O
,	O
a	O
desktop	O
products	O
manager	O
for	O
Sun	O
,	O
acknowledged	O
that	O
Sun	O
planned	O
to	O
expand	O
subscription-based	O
licenses	B-License
to	O
other	O
countries	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2009	O
,	O
Sun	O
's	O
website	O
offered	O
StarOffice	B-Application
for	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
used	O
a	O
per-person	O
license	O
for	O
StarOffice	B-Application
,	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
per-device	O
licenses	B-License
used	O
for	O
most	O
other	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
small-business	O
owner	O
can	O
have	O
the	O
software	O
on	O
laptop	O
,	O
office	O
and	O
home	O
computers	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
user	O
with	O
a	O
computer	O
running	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
and	O
another	O
running	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
can	O
install	O
StarOffice	B-Application
on	O
both	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
StarOffice	B-Application
9	I-Application
Software	O
was	O
no	O
longer	O
offered	O
free	B-License
of	O
charge	O
to	O
education	O
customers	O
,	O
but	O
StarOffice	B-Application
8	I-Application
could	O
still	O
be	O
used	O
without	O
charge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
free	B-License
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
3.0	I-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
functionality	O
as	O
StarOffice	B-Application
9	I-Application
,	O
could	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
also	O
offered	O
free	B-License
web-based	O
training	O
and	O
an	O
online	O
tutorial	O
for	O
students	O
and	O
teachers	O
,	O
free	B-License
support	O
services	O
for	O
teachers	O
(	O
including	O
educational	O
templates	O
for	O
StarOffice	B-Application
)	O
and	O
significantly	O
discounted	O
technical	O
support	O
for	O
schools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
August	O
2007	O
to	O
November	O
2008	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
offered	O
StarOffice	B-Application
8	I-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
free	B-License
downloadable	O
Google	B-Application
Pack	I-Application
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
was	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
,	O
and	O
gave	O
rise	O
to	O
many	O
derivative	O
versions	O
and	O
successor	O
projects	O
to	O
StarOffice	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
Apache	B-Application
OpenOffice	I-Application
,	O
Collabora	B-General_Concept
Online	I-General_Concept
,	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
and	O
NeoOffice	B-Application
are	O
still	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
