Apple teams up with Sun to make OS X-native MSFT Office clone

~~Sun and Apple are building an OS X native version of Star Office.~~ It looks like Microsoft and Apple's cuddly relationship is drawing to a close -- you can use OS X without MSFT's office (switch to Star Office and get MSFT office document compatibility); without MSFT's browser (switch to Moz and get crash-free, ad-free browsing); without Entourage (switch to Mail.app and get mail without spam and without vendor lock-in). Exciting stuff! Whups! Looks like the story got its facts wrong -- the OpenOffice clan are making their stuff available, not Sun Link (Thanks, Nick!) Link Discuss

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