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{{Infobox software
| logo = StarOffice Logo.png
| screenshot = StarOffice 9.1.0 Start Center.png
| caption = Running on [[Windows 7]]
| developer = {{Ubli
  | [[Star Division]] (1985{{nbndash}}1999)
  | [[Sun Microsystems]] (1999{{nbndash}}2009)
  | [[Oracle Corporation]] (2010{{nbndash}}2011)
  }}
| released = {{Start date and age|1985|df=yes}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|Q375079|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|references|edit|Q375079|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q375079|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q375079|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| operating system = [[CP/M]], [[Linux]], [[MS-DOS]], [[OS X]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], [[Windows]]<ref name="so_sysreqs">{{cite web |url=http://www.sun.com/software/staroffice/techspecs.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508082556/http://www.sun.com/software/staroffice/techspecs.jsp |archive-date=2009-05-08 |title=StarOffice – Tech Specs |access-date=2013-04-23 |publisher=[[Sun Microsystems|Sun Microsystems, Inc.]]}}</ref>
| platform = [[x86]], [[SPARC]]
| genre = [[Office suite]]
| license = [[Trialware]]
| discontinued = yes
| standard = [[OpenDocument]]
| replaced_by = [[OpenOffice.org]]
}}

'''StarOffice''' is a discontinued [[proprietary software|proprietary]] office [[productivity software]] suite. Its source code continues today in derived [[free and open-source]] office suites [[Apache OpenOffice]] and [[LibreOffice]]. StarOffice supported the [[OpenOffice.org XML]] file format, as well as the [[OpenDocument]] standard, and could generate [[Portable Document Format|PDF]] and [[SWF|Flash]] formats. It included [[template (file format)|templates]], a [[macro (computer science)|macro]] recorder, and a [[software development kit]] (SDK).

The software originated in 1985 as StarWriter by [[Star Division]], which marketed the suite with some success, primarily in Europe. StarOffice was acquired by [[Sun Microsystems]] in 1999, which released the [[source code]] the following year as a [[Free and open-source software|free and open source]] office suite called [[OpenOffice.org]], which subsequent versions of StarOffice were based on, with additional proprietary components.<ref>{{cite web |author=OpenOffice.org |author-link=OpenOffice.org |title=OpenOffice.org – FAQ – Overview |url=http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-overview.html |access-date=2010-02-04}}</ref> Sun Microsystems was [[Sun acquisition by Oracle|acquired by Oracle Corporation]] in 2010, and the product was known briefly as Oracle Open Office before being discontinued in 2011, with Oracle turning OpenOffice.org into a "purely community-based project".<ref name="hexus">{{cite web |last=Lowe |first=Alistair |date=2012-04-16 |title=Google and Oracle take the fight over Java in Android to court |url=http://hexus.net/business/news/legal/37973-google-oracle-take-fight-java-android-court/ |access-date=2012-05-07 |publisher=[[Hexus]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://blogs.oracle.com/trond/entry/openofficeorg_to_become_a_pure |title=OpenOffice.org to become a purely community-based project |date=2011-04-15 |work=Trond's Opening Standard |publisher=Oracle Blogs |access-date=2011-04-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514023244/http://blogs.oracle.com/trond/entry/openofficeorg_to_become_a_pure |archive-date=2011-05-14 }}</ref>

== History ==

StarWriter 1.0 was written by [[Marco Börries]] in 1985 for the [[Zilog Z80]]. Börries formed [[Star Division]] in [[Lüneburg]] the following year.<ref name="briefhistory">{{cite web|url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=A_Brief_History_Of_OpenOffice.org&oldid=186681|title=A Brief History Of OpenOffice.org|date=13 October 2010|work=OpenOffice.org Wiki|publisher=Apache Software Foundation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709182027/https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=A_Brief_History_Of_OpenOffice.org&oldid=186681 |archive-date= Jul 9, 2023 }}</ref> It was later ported to the [[Amstrad CPC]] (marketed by [[Schneider Computer Division|Schneider]] in Germany) under [[CP/M]] and later ported to the 8086-based Amstrad [[PC-1512]], running under [[MS-DOS]] 3.2. Later, the integration of the other individual programs followed as the development progressed to an office suite for MS-DOS, [[OS/2 Warp]], and [[Windows]]. Star Division marketed its suite under the name "StarOffice".

Until version 4.2, Star Division based StarOffice on the [[cross-platform]] [[C++]] [[library (computing)|class library]] StarView. In 1998 Star Division began offering StarOffice for free.

Sun Microsystems acquired the company, copyright and trademark of StarOffice in 1999 for {{USD|73.5 million}},<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.cnet.com/Sun-shelled-out-73.5-million-for-Star-Division/2100-1001_3-232561.html |title=Sun shelled out $73.5 million for Star Division |first1=Stephen |last1=Shankland |date=November 9, 1999 |website=CNET News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626090829/http://news.cnet.com/Sun-shelled-out-73.5-million-for-Star-Division/2100-1001_3-232561.html |archive-date=2015-06-26  }}</ref> as it was supposedly cheaper than 42,000 licenses of [[Microsoft Office]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.h-online.com/open/features/OpenOffice-at-the-crossroads-1023702.html?page=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208042359/http://www.h-online.com/open/features/OpenOffice-at-the-crossroads-1023702.html?page=2|archive-date=8 December 2013|work=The H Open|publisher=Heinz Heise|title=OpenOffice at the crossroads: Every bug is a feature|page=2|first=Richard|last=Hillesley|date=21 June 2010|access-date=20 June 2013|quote=Simon Phipps, now an ex-Sun employee, later claimed that "The number one reason why Sun bought StarDivision in 1999 was because, at the time, Sun had something approaching forty-two thousand employees. Pretty much every one of them had to have both a Unix workstation and a Windows laptop. And it was cheaper to go buy a company that could make a Solaris and Linux desktop productivity suite than it was to buy forty-two thousand licenses from Microsoft." }}</ref>

In March 2009, a study showed that StarOffice only had a 3% [[market share]] in the corporate market.<ref>{{cite web |last=McLeish |first=Sheri |date=2009-05-26 |title=Microsoft Office still owns the desktop, future of StarOffice unclear |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-office-still-owns-the-desktop-future-of-staroffice-unclear/ |access-date=2012-05-07 |publisher=[[ZDnet]]}}</ref>

== Naming ==
'''StarSuite''' was the version of StarOffice with Asian language localization. It included [[Japanese writing system|Japanese]], [[Korean language|Korean]], [[Simplified Chinese character|Simplified Chinese]] and [[Traditional Chinese character|Traditional Chinese]] interfaces. It also included additional fonts for the East Asian market, resulting in slightly larger installation footprint. Otherwise the features were identical to StarOffice.

The two brands existed because a StarOffice brand was owned by another company in certain Asian countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sun.com/software/staroffice/faqs.jsp |title=FAQs for StarOffice Software |publisher=Sun.com |date=2009-02-17 |access-date=2009-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830110450/http://www.sun.com/software/staroffice/faqs.jsp |archive-date=2009-08-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Currently [[NEC]] produces StarOffice collaborative software (<!--assumed-->unrelated to the one discussed here) in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jpn.nec.com/staroffice/ |title=グループウェア:セキュリティに強いおすすめStarOffice: ソフトウェア |trans-title=Security-friendly cloud-oriented groupware StarOffice |quote=StarOffice X V5.2 released |website=www.nec.co.jp |year=2019 <!--likely can't be no later than 2018-->|access-date=2019-10-14}}</ref> After [[Sun acquisition by Oracle|Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems]] (in January 2010) it renamed both StarOffice and StarSuite as "Oracle Open Office".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/open-office/index.html |title=Oracle's OpenOffice Page |access-date=2010-04-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206170712/http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/open-office/index.html |archive-date=2010-12-06 }}</ref>

== Sun ONE Webtop ==
In 2001, Sun Microsystems announced ''Sun ONE Webtop''{{spaced ndash}}formerly known as project StarPortal{{spaced ndash}}a limited release. It was based on StarOffice components.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2001_Feb_6/ai_70023902/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080802021235/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2001_Feb_6/ai_70023902 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-08-02 |title=Sun Announces Sun ONE Webtop, Developer Release Technology for Open Web Services |publisher=Findarticles.com |date=2001-02-20|access-date=2009-08-12 }}
</ref>

== Components ==
* Writer&nbsp;– [[word processor]] {{Not a typo|.sdw}} (StarWriter 5.x) {{Not a typo|.sxw}} (StarOffice 6.x) {{Not a typo|.odt}} {{Not a typo|.ott}} -files
* Calc&nbsp;– [[spreadsheet]] {{Not a typo|.sdc}} (StarCalc 5.x) {{Not a typo|.sxc}} (6.x) {{Not a typo|.ods}} {{Not a typo|.ots}} -files
* Impress&nbsp;– [[presentation program]] {{Not a typo|.sdd}} (StarImpress 5.x) {{Not a typo|.sxi}} (6.x) {{Not a typo|.odp}} {{Not a typo|.otp}} -files
* Draw&nbsp;– [[drawing program]] {{Not a typo|.sda}} (StarDraw 5.x) {{Not a typo|.sxd}} (6.x) {{Not a typo|.odg}} {{Not a typo|.otg}} -files
* Base&nbsp;– [[database]] {{Not a typo|.sdb}} (StarBase 5.x) {{Not a typo|.odb}} -files
* Math&nbsp;– [[formula]] generator {{Not a typo|.smf}} (StarMath 5.x) {{Not a typo|.sxm}} (6.x) {{Not a typo|.odf}} -files

=== Older discontinued components ===
* StarSchedule&nbsp;– [[personal information manager]] {{Not a typo|.sds}} -files
* StarMail&nbsp;– [[e-mail client]]
* StarDiscussion&nbsp;– [[news client]]
* StarImage&nbsp;– [[image editor]]<ref>{{cite web|title=StarImage – Простой редактор растровой графики|date=14 March 2011 |url=http://linuxgid.ru/starimage-prostoj-redaktor-rastrovoj-grafiki/|publisher=Linuxgid.ru|access-date=2013-05-03|language=ru}}</ref>
* Web browser&nbsp;– [[web browser]]<ref name="linuxplanetSO5">{{cite web|url=http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/1844/4/|title=Suites for the Sweet: StarOffice 5.2 – StarOffice and the Internet: Mail, News, and Web|last=Hall|first=Michael|date=2000-05-16|publisher=[[LinuxPlanet]]|access-date=2009-01-19|archive-date=2008-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201124555/http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/1844/4/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://5x5media.com/eye/tech/staroff.php|title=Star Division StarOffice 5.0 Personal Edition|publisher=5x5media.com [Originally printed in "[[The Computer Paper Publication]]" (March 1999)]|access-date=2009-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720103336/http://5x5media.com/eye/tech/staroff.php|archive-date=2008-07-20|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* HTML editor&nbsp;– [[html editor]]<ref name="linuxplanetSO5"/>

=== Proprietary components ===
* Several font metric compatible [[Unicode]] [[TrueType]] fonts containing bitmap representations for better appearance at smaller font sizes
* Twelve Western fonts (including [[Andalé Sans]], [[Arial|Arial Narrow]], Arial Black, Broadway, [[Garamond]], Imprint MT Shadow, Kidprint, Palace Script, Sheffield) and seven Asian language fonts (including support for the Hong Kong Supplementary character set)
* [[Adabas D]] database
* StarOffice-only [[template (file format)|templates]] and sample documents
* A large [[clip art|clip-art]] gallery
* Sorting functionality for Asian versions
* File-import filters for additional older word-processing formats (including [[Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code|EBCDIC]], DisplayWrite, [[MultiMate]], PFS Write, WordStar, WordStar 2000, and XyWrite (conversion filters licensed from MasterSoft))
* A different [[spell checker]] than that used by OpenOffice.org, and [[thesaurus]]
* StarOffice Configuration Manager
* Macro Converter for converting Microsoft Office [[Visual Basic for Applications|VBA]] macros to [[StarOffice Basic]]

For StarOffice Enterprise Edition only:
* Professional Analysis Wizard
* Wizard to create Microsoft Windows Installer Transformation files ([[Windows Installer#Miscellaneous|.mst files]])

=== Other differences ===
There are also differences in the documentation, training and support options, and some minor differences in the look and icons between StarOffice and OpenOffice.org.

Other differences are that StarOffice only supports 12 languages,<ref>{{cite web |title=StarOffice 9 (Electronic Download) |work=Online Store |publisher=[[Sun Microsystems|Sun Microsystems, Inc.]] |url=http://globalspecials.sun.com/DRHM/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action=DisplayProductDetailsPage&SiteID=sunstor&productID=109370100 |access-date=2007-09-20}}</ref> compared to over 110 for OpenOffice.org.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html |title=OpenOffice.org&nbsp;– Projects&nbsp;– Native Language Confederation Project |access-date=2007-09-20 |publisher=[[Sun Microsystems]]}}</ref>

==Version history==
{| class="wikitable floatright" style="width: 30em; margin-left:1em;"
|+ StarOffice release history
|-
! Version
! style=white-space:nowrap | Release date
! OOo version
! Description
|-
|I
|1985
|
|Star-Writer<!-- this spelling! --> for [[CP/M]]
|-
|I 3.0<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=4659|title = Star-writer i v3.1 © star-division (1986)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite FTP |url=ftp://ftp.cpcszene.de/pub/Computer/Amstrad_CPC/CPC-Literatur/Star_writer%20I.pdf |server=ftp.cpcszene.de |url-status=dead |title=FTP link }}</ref>
|1986
|
|Star-Writer<!-- this spelling! --> for CP/M
|-
|I 3.1
|1986
|
|Star-Writer<!-- this spelling! --> for CP/M
|-
|1.0
|1986
|
|StarWriter for [[MS-DOS]] 3.2.<ref name="briefhistory"/>
|-
|1.0
|1988
|
|StarWriter for [[Atari ST]]
|-
|2.0
|1994
|
|StarWriter, StarCalc and StarBase for [[Windows 3.1]].
|-
|3.0
|1995<ref name="ct199607"/>
|
|StarWriter, StarCalc, StarDraw, StarImage, StarChart. [[M-DOS]], [[Windows 3.1]], [[OS/2]], Solaris SPARC, [[Power Macintosh]].
|-
|3.1
|1996-07<ref name="ct199607">{{cite web|url=http://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Vorsprung-284606.html|title=Vorsprung: StarOffice 3.1 für Windows und für OS/2|trans-title=Forward: StarOffice 3.1 for Windows and OS/2|language=de|date=July 1996|first=Dieter|last=Brors|work=c't Magazin|publisher=Heinz Heise|access-date=19 October 2013}}</ref>
|
|First to support Linux.
|-
|4.0
|1997<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Mac-StarOffice-4-0-zum-freien-Download-10767.html |title=Mac-StarOffice 4.0 zum freien Download {{!}} heise online<!-- Bot generated title --> |date=30 January 1998 |access-date=2013-10-19  |archive-date=2015-09-24  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924150430/http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Mac-StarOffice-4-0-zum-freien-Download-10767.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|
|
|-
|5.0
|1998-11
|
|
|-
|5.1
|1999-05-20
|
|
|-
|5.2
|2000-06-20
|
|First Sun release.
|-
|6.0
|2002-05
|1.0
|
|-
|7.0
|2003-11-14
|1.1-2.4
|
|-
|8.0
|2005-09-27
|2.0-2.4
|
|-
|9.0
|2008-11-17
|3.0-3.2
|
|-
|Oracle Open Office 3.3
|2010-12-15
|3.3 beta
|Last release.
|}

=== StarOffice 2.0 ===
StarWriter was the first StarOffice, with the successor being StarOffice 2.0 which included StarWriter compact, StarBase 1.0, StarDraw 1.0.

Supported platforms included [[MS-DOS]].

=== StarOffice 3 ===
StarOffice 3.0 included StarWriter 3.0, StarCalc 3.0, StarDraw 3.0, StarImage, StarChart.

Supported platforms included [[MS-DOS]], [[Windows 3.1]], [[OS/2]], [[Oracle Solaris|Solaris]] on [[SPARC]]. [[Power Mac]] beta support was introduced in 1996.

==== 3.1 ====
Supported platforms included Windows 3.1/[[Windows 95|95]], OS/2 (16-bit), [[Linux]] [[i386]], Solaris Sparc/[[x86]], Mac OS 7.5&nbsp;– 8.0.

<!-- In 1996 or early 1997, -->[[Caldera, Inc.]] supported the Linux-port of StarOffice 3.1 with approximately 800,000&nbsp;DM in order to offer the product with their forthcoming [[OpenLinux]] distribution in 1997.<ref name="Brors_1997"/><ref name="CW_1997"/><ref name="Strobl_2003"/><ref name="Bantle_2017"/>

=== StarOffice 4.0 ===
Supported platforms included Windows 3.1/95, OS/2, Linux i386, Solaris Sparc/x86, [[classic Mac OS]] (beta).

=== StarOffice 5 ===
5.0 was released late November 1998.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goudswaard |first1=Sander |title=Re: Java Redirect Bug - Netscpape 4.0[678] and 4.5 |url=https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91244712908785 |website=MARC |access-date=2022-11-13 |date=1998-11-30}}</ref> Supported platforms included Windows 95/[[windows NT|NT]] 3.51, OS/2, Linux i386, Solaris Sparc/x86.

==== 5.1 ====
5.1 was released 20 May 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/1999052002305PR |title=''Linux Today''{{spaced ndash}}"StarOffice 5.1 Released"<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2013-09-19  |archive-date=2013-09-21  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054058/http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/1999052002305PR |url-status=dead }} ''Linux Today''{{spaced ndash}}"StarOffice 5.1 Released"<!-- Bot generated title --></ref> Supported platforms included Windows 95, OS/2, Linux i386, Solaris Sparc/x86.

==== 5.2 ====
5.2 was released 20 June 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://betanews.com/2000/06/20/staroffice-5-2-released/ |title=StarOffice 5.2 Released<!-- Bot generated title --> |date=20 June 2000 |access-date=2013-09-19  |archive-date=2014-01-11  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111004134/http://betanews.com/2000/06/20/staroffice-5-2-released/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Sun offered StarOffice 5.2 as a free download for personal use, and soon went through an exercise similar to [[Netscape]]'s relicensing of [[Mozilla]], by releasing most of the StarOffice source code under a [[free-software license|free]]/[[open source license]]. The resultant free/open source software codebase fork continued development as [[OpenOffice.org|older discontinued components]], with contributions from both Sun and the wider OpenOffice.org community. Sun then took "snapshots" of the OpenOffice.org code base, integrated proprietary and third-party code modules, and marketed the package commercially.

StarOffice 5.2 was the last version to contain the programs listed under [[#Older_discontinued_components|older discontinued components]]. It was also the last version to support multiple virtual desktops, previously available from within the Suite.

Supported platforms included: MS Windows 95/98/NT/[[Windows 2000|2000]], Linux i386, Solaris Sparc/x86.

=== StarOffice 6 ===
A beta version of 6.0 (based on OpenOffice.org 638c) was released in October 2001;<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/staroffice-shaping-up-as-true-office-alternative-5000296788/ |title=StarOffice shaping up as true Office alternative<!-- Bot generated title --> |website=[[ZDNet]] |access-date=2013-09-19  |archive-date=2014-01-11  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111002216/http://www.zdnet.com/news/staroffice-shaping-up-as-true-office-alternative/296788 |url-status=live }}</ref> the final 6.0 (based on OpenOffice.org 1.0) was released in May 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/1839362/firms-reject-microsoft-licence-plan |title=Firms reject Microsoft licence plan{{spaced ndash}}17 May 2002{{spaced ndash}}''Computing News''<!-- Bot generated title --> |date=17 May 2002 |access-date=2013-09-19  |archive-date=2015-09-23  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923210012/http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/1839362/firms-reject-microsoft-licence-plan |url-status=live }}</ref>

Support for OpenOffice.org XML file format.

Supported platforms included Windows 95, Linux i386, Solaris Sparc/x86. OpenOffice.org version also supported Windows ME/2000 for Asian/CJK versions, generic Linux 2.2.13 with {{Not a typo|glibc2}} 2.1.3, Solaris 7 SPARC (8 for Asian version).

=== StarOffice 7 ===
Based on OpenOffice.org 1.1. Released 14 November 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://reviews.cnet.com/office-suites/sun-staroffice-7-0/4505-3524_7-30583588.html |title=Sun StarOffice 7.0 Review{{spaced ndash}}Office suites{{spaced ndash}}CNET Reviews<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2013-09-19  |archive-date=2013-09-21  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921061237/http://reviews.cnet.com/office-suites/sun-staroffice-7-0/4505-3524_7-30583588.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Supported platforms included [[Windows 98]], Linux i386, [[Solaris 8]] Sparc/x86. OpenOffice.org version also supports generic Linux with [[Glibc]] 2.2.0, [[Mac OS X 10.2]] for [[PowerPC]] with [[X Window System|X11]] in OOO 1.1.2.

Product Update 5 added Windows NT 4.0 as a supported platform and incorporated support for the OpenDocument file-format.

Product Updates 6-8 are based on OpenOffice.org 2.1. The OOO version added support for [[Mac OS X 10.3]] for PowerPC, and for [[Mac OS X 10.4]] for x86.

Product Updates 9-11 built on OpenOffice.org 2.2. New features included enhanced [[Windows Vista]] integration, PDF export.

Product Update 12 was based on OpenOffice.org 2.4. The OOO version added support for Linux x86-64, Linux [[MIPS architecture|MIPS]], Linux S390, [[Mac OS X]] x86/PowerPC above 10.4. New features included improved input and sorting in Calc, block markings in text documents, new import filtering, improved security, access to [[WebDAV]] servers via [[HTTPS]], and PDF export for long-term archiving.

=== StarOffice 8 ===
Sun released StarOffice 8 (based on the code of OpenOffice.org 2.0) on 27 September 2005,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20051013102702/http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2005-09/sunflash.20050927.1.html 09/27/05{{spaced ndash}}Sun Introduces New Version of StarOffice Software<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> adding support for the OpenDocument standard and a number of improvements.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Sun Introduces New Version of StarOffice Software |publisher=[[Sun Microsystems|Sun Microsystems, Inc.]] |date=2005-09-27 |url=http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2005-09/sunflash.20050927.1.xml |access-date=2007-09-20 |archive-date=2006-04-05  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060405032904/http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2005-09/sunflash.20050927.1.xml |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Supported platforms include Windows 98/[[Windows 2000|2000]] (Service Pack 2 or higher), Linux i386, Solaris 8 Sparc/x86.

Product Updates 2–5 are based on OpenOffice.org 2.1.

Product Updates 6–7 are based on OpenOffice.org 2.2. New features include enhanced [[Windows Vista]] integration, PDF export.

Product Updates 8–9 are based on OpenOffice.org 2.3. New features include bookmark support for PDF export, [[MediaWiki]] export in Writer.

Product Updates 10–11 are based on OpenOffice.org 2.4. New features include improved input and sorting in Calc, block markings in text documents, new import filter, improved security, access to [[WebDAV]] servers via [[HTTPS]], PDF export for long-term archiving.

=== StarOffice 9 ===
[[File:StarOffice 9 Icon.png|right|100px]]
StarOffice 9, released 17 November 2008,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/154005/article.html |title=Sun Releases StarOffice 9 {{!}} PCWorld<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2013-09-19  |archive-date=2013-09-21  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060411/http://www.pcworld.com/article/154005/article.html |url-status=live }}</ref> added support for version 1.2 of the OpenDocument standard and Microsoft Office 2007 files and a number of other improvements.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Cohen |first=Peter |title=Sun offers Mac-native StarOffice 9 suite |magazine=[[Macworld]] |url= http://www.macworld.com/article/136869/2008/11/staroffice.html |date=2008-11-17 |access-date=2008-11-17}}</ref>

It is based on OpenOffice.org 3.0.

Supported platforms include Windows 2000 (Service Pack 2 or higher), [[Mac OS X 10.4]] (Intel version), Linux 2.4 i386 with {{Not a typo|glibc2}} version 2.3.2 or higher, [[GTK]] version 2.2.0 or higher, Solaris 10 for Sparc/x86. OOO version supports Mac OS X PowerPC, generic Linux platforms.

Product Update 1 is based on OpenOffice.org 3.0.1, which adds improved extension manager, but requires extensions in the new format

Product Update 2 is based on OpenOffice.org 3.1.0.

Product Update 3 is based on OpenOffice.org 3.1.1.

Product Update 4 is based on OpenOffice.org 3.2.

=== Oracle Open Office ===
[[File:Oracle Open Office 3.3.1 Start Center.png|thumb|Screenshot of Oracle Open Office 3.3.1, the last version before the suite's discontinuation]]

[[Sun acquisition by Oracle|Oracle bought Sun]] in January 2010 and quickly renamed StarOffice as Oracle Open Office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newformat.se/documents/oracle/oracle-open-office-features-overview-060550.pdf|title=Oracle Open Office: Features Overview: An Oracle White Paper|date=January 2010|publisher=[[Oracle Corporation]]|access-date=20 September 2013}}</ref>

On 15 December 2010, Oracle released Oracle Open Office 3.3, based on OpenOffice.org 3.3 beta, and a web-based version called ''Oracle Cloud Office''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/195766|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217212955/http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/195766|archive-date=17 December 2010|title=Oracle Announces Oracle Cloud Office and Oracle Open Office 3.3: Industry's First Complete, Open Standards-Based Office Productivity Suites for Desktop, Web and Mobile Users|publisher=[[Oracle Corporation]]}}</ref><ref name="golem">{{cite web|url=http://www.golem.de/1012/80148.html|language=de|access-date=2012-05-07|title=Kostenpflichtiges Oracle Open Office 3.3 veröffentlicht|publisher=[[Golem.de]]|date=2010-12-15|first1=Jens|last1=Ihlenfeld|first2= Ingo|last2=Pakalski<!--listed on page 2 at the bottom-->}}</ref> The suite was released in two versions, sold at {{euro|39}} and {{euro|49.95}}.<ref name="golem" />

== Pricing and licensing ==
Traditionally, StarOffice [[software license|licenses]] sold for around {{USD|70}}, but in 2004, Sun planned to offer subscription-based licenses to Japanese customers for about {{yen|1,980}} ({{USD|17}}) per year (Becker, 2004). P. Ulander, a desktop products manager for Sun, acknowledged that Sun planned to expand subscription-based licenses to other countries as well. In January 2009, Sun's website offered StarOffice for {{USD|34.95}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Get StarOffice Software |publisher=[[Sun Microsystems]] |url=http://www.sun.com/software/staroffice/get.jsp |access-date=2009-01-16}}</ref>

Sun used a per-person license for StarOffice, compared to the per-device licenses used for most other [[proprietary software]]. An individual purchaser gains the right to install the software on up to five computers. For example, a small-business owner can have the software on laptop, office and home computers, or a user with a computer running [[Microsoft Windows]], and another running [[Linux]], can install StarOffice on both computers.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

In 2010, StarOffice 9 Software was no longer offered free of charge to education customers, but StarOffice 8 could still be used without charge. The free OpenOffice.org 3.0, with the same functionality as StarOffice 9, could also be used. Sun also offered free web-based training and an online tutorial for students and teachers, free support services for teachers (including educational templates for StarOffice) and significantly discounted technical support for schools.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

From August 2007<ref>{{cite press release |title=Sun Microsystems Announces StarOffice Software Suite to be Distributed Through Google Pack |publisher=[[Sun Microsystems|Sun Microsystems, Inc.]] |date=2007-08-15 |url=http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2007-08/sunflash.20070815.1.xml |access-date=2007-09-20 |archive-date=2007-10-03  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071003163935/http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2007-08/sunflash.20070815.1.xml |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Webb |first=Bill |title=Google Sneaks StarOffice 8 Into Google Pack |publisher=[[Lockergnome]] |date=2007-08-20 |url=http://www.lockergnome.com/windows/2007/08/20/google-staroffice-free/ |access-date=2008-11-10 |archive-date=2008-10-10  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010225537/http://www.lockergnome.com/windows/2007/08/20/google-staroffice-free/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> to November 2008, [[Google]] offered StarOffice 8 as part of its free downloadable [[Google Pack]] application.<ref name="GPmSODigitIon">{{cite web |last=Agarwal |first=Amit |title=Free StarOffice Removed from Google Pack |publisher=Digital Inspiration |date=2008-11-06 |url=http://www.labnol.org/internet/free-staroffice-removed-from-google-pack/5260/ |access-date=2008-11-10 |archive-date=2008-11-10  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081110054109/http://www.labnol.org/internet/free-staroffice-removed-from-google-pack/5260/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="GPmSOPCPro">{{cite web |last=Collins |first=Barry |title=PC Pro: News: StarOffice dropped from Google Pack |publisher=[[PC Pro]] |location=United Kingdom |date=2008-11-10 |url=http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/235332/staroffice-dropped-from-google-pack.html |access-date=2008-11-10 |archive-date=2009-07-24  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724142254/http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/235332/staroffice-dropped-from-google-pack.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="GPmSOPCAdv">{{cite web |last=Skinner |first=Carrie-Ann |title=StarOffice dumped from free Google Pack |publisher=[[PC Advisor]] |date=2008-11-10 |url=http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=106863 |access-date=2008-11-10 |archive-date=2008-12-23  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223132453/http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=106863 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Derivatives ==
OpenOffice.org was open source, and gave rise to [[OpenOffice.org#Forks and derivative software|many derivative versions and successor projects]] to StarOffice. {{As of|2024}}, [[Collabora Online]] and [[LibreOffice]] are still actively developed. [[Apache OpenOffice]] is mostly dormant and has not seen a new major release for over 10 years. [[NeoOffice]] was also a derivative, but announced that it was no longer active in early 2024.
{{Panorama|image=StarOffice major derivatives.svg|height=255px|caption=A timeline of major derivatives of StarOffice and OpenOffice.org
{{legend|#C83296|StarOffice}}
{{legend|#003BAA|OpenOffice.org}}
{{legend|#F3581F|[[Go-oo]]}}
{{legend|#FFAF32|[[IBM Workplace]]/[[IBM Lotus Symphony]]}}
{{legend|#BF7FFF|[[NeoOffice]]}}
{{legend|#18A303|[[LibreOffice]]}}
{{legend|#0E85CD|[[Apache OpenOffice]]}}
{{legend|#5C2983|[[Collabora Online|Collabora Online/Collabora Office]]}}
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== See also ==
* [[Comparison of office suites]]
* [[Applixware]]

== References ==
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<ref name="CW_1997">{{cite journal |title=Produkt-Telegramme: Star Office 3.1 für Linux portiert |language=de |date=1997-05-16 |journal=[[Computerwoche]] |url=https://www.computerwoche.de/a/produkt-telegramme,1098774 |access-date=2018-08-08 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806122733/https://www.computerwoche.de/a/produkt-telegramme,1098774 |archive-date=2018-08-06}}</ref>
<ref name="Strobl_2003">{{cite journal |title=Der Gründer über Gestern, Heute und Linux |language=de |author-first=Rudolf |author-last=Strobl |date=January 2003 |volume=2003 |issue=1 |id=<!-- |number= -->100 |journal=[[Linux Magazin]] |url=http://www.linux-magazin.de/ausgaben/2003/01/lebens-laeufe/ |access-date=2018-08-08 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180808172515/http://www.linux-magazin.de/ausgaben/2003/01/lebens-laeufe/2/ |archive-date=2018-08-08  }}</ref>
<ref name="Bantle_2017">{{cite journal |title=Linux-Distributionen und frühe Protagonisten aus Deutschland |author-first=Ulrich |author-last=Bantle |language=de |date=October 2017 |volume=2017 |issue=10 |journal=[[Linux Magazin]] |url=http://www.linux-magazin.de/ausgaben/2017/10/linux-in-deutschland/ |access-date=2018-08-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180805102906/http://www.linux-magazin.de/ausgaben/2017/10/linux-in-deutschland/2/ |archive-date=2018-08-05  }}</ref>
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