SAN DIEGO, July 15, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Lindows.com, Inc. today announced the addition of Sun's (Nasdaq:SUNW) StarOffice(tm) 6.0 software, a full-featured office productivity suite that runs on LindowsOS, to its Click-N-Run Warehouse. StarOffice (www.lindows.com/staroffice ) is the first commercial application to be added to the Click-N-Run Warehouse (www.lindows.com/warehouse) and will help provide LindowsOS users a complete business software solution. The Click-N-Run Warehouse provides a one-stop, one-click venue for LindowsOS users to be able to add over 1,300 Open-Source and now commercial applications.
"We believe that people should pay no more than $99 for their general computing software needs, and adding StarOffice to our Click-N-Run Warehouse will provide our members with a comprehensive business solution that is comparable in power with Microsoft Office but at a fraction of the cost," said Michael Robertson, Chief Executive Officer of Lindows.com, Inc. "Even though we are adding StarOffice, which represents a $75 value, we are maintaining our $99 membership fee."
Effectively immediately, all Insiders and Full Members (users of LindowsOS who sign-up for unlimited access to the Click-N-Run Warehouse) will be able to download StarOffice as part of their annual membership to the Click-N-Run Warehouse at www.lindows.com/warehouse. Purchasers of Walmart.com computers running LindowsOS can upgrade their trial membership to obtain StarOffice 6.0.
"We find the Click-N-Run concept extremely innovative, and Sun is proud to now be part of the LindowsOS Warehouse," said Mike Rogers, vice president and general manager for Desktop and StarOffice products at Sun Microsystems. "Customers are increasingly looking for a cost-effective desktop productivity alternative that is complete, easy-to-use, and compatible with their Microsoft Office file formats. StarOffice and LindowsOS together provide customers a real choice."
StarOffice 6.0 Features
StarOffice 6.0 comprises all vital office applications:
-- StarOffice Writer, the word processing application -- StarOffice Calc, the spreadsheet application -- StarOffice Impress, the presentation program -- StarOffice Draw, the drawing program -- StarOffice Base, the data source management tool
Thanks to its intuitive menus and high level of user-friendliness, StarOffice 6.0 represents a powerful, all-around solution for the office and is fully compatible with other file formats. With StarOffice, it is easy to manipulate files created with Microsoft Office or Office XP applications and save them easily in their native file format.
Some of the top new features in StarOffice 6.0 include Extensible Markup Language (XML) file formats, which give users the interoperability, portability and flexibility to create, manage and access complex documents and Web pages; and improved Microsoft Office interoperability. For example, for finance and accounting tasks, StarOffice Calc offers rich functionality comparable to Microsoft Excel. StarOffice 6.0 also provides integrated support of TrueType fonts that enables font rendering and printing to be equivalent across all platforms.
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About Lindows.com
Lindows.com is a consumer company that brings choice to computer users. Lindows.com, Inc. was started by Michael Robertson, founder and former CEO of MP3.com. LindowsOS is a modern, affordable, easy-to-use operating system that allows users access to hundreds of applications via the Click-N-Run(tm) Warehouse. All applications in the Click-N-Run Warehouse (www.lindows.com/warehouse) are licensed on a per-person or family basis and can be downloaded, installed and run with just one-mouse click. LindowsOS is presently available on LindowsOS Certified Computers (www.lindows.com/walmart) being offered from Lindows.com Builder partners (www.lindows.com/builders). The General Release of LindowsOS, available presently for download and preview to Lindows.com Insiders (www.lindows.com/signup), will be made available later this year for those wishing to install and run LindowsOS on their existing computer hardware. The General Release version will support a wider range of computer hardware and includes unique features such as a "Friendly-Install" alongside an existing Microsoft(r) Windows operating system, a streamlined installation process which requires no computer knowledge, and the ability to run a select set of "bridge" Windows-compatible programs. For more information see www.lindows.com/products.
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer(tm)" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SUNW) to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the Net work. Sun can be found in more than 170 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com.
Sun, Sun Microsystems, StarOffice, Solaris, and "The Network Is The Computer" are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.