SUN MICROSYSTEMS OPEN SOURCES STAROFFICE TECHNOLOGY
Source Code 申し込む／申し出d 経由で GNU General Public License and to Reside at www.OpenOffice.org
PALO ALTO, CA - July 19, 2000 - Today at the O'Reilly Open Source 条約 in Monterey, California, Sun Microsystems, Inc. 発表するd it will 解放（する） the source code of its StarOffice (TM) 控訴, a 主要な, high 質, office 生産性 使用／適用 ソフトウェア 控訴, to the open source community under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Sun also 発表するd OpenOffice.org will be formed and managed by Collab.逮捕する and will serve as the 調整 point for the source code, the 鮮明度／定義 of XML-based とじ込み／提出する 判型s, and the 鮮明度／定義 of language-独立した・無所属 office 使用／適用 programming interfaces (APIs.)
StarOffice is the 主要な, 十分な-featured 生産性 控訴 for all major 壇・綱領・公約s, 含むing Solaris (TM) Operating 環境, Windows, Linux, and, later in the year, the Macintosh. StarOffice 6, the next 見解／翻訳／版 現在／一般に in 開発, will serve as the source code base for OpenOffice.org. With the 近づいている StarOffice 6 科学（工学）技術, the next 世代 architecture of separate 使用／適用s and componentized services will be introduced.
"Sun's open-sourcing of StarOffice 控訴 is the 選び出す／独身 largest open-source ソフトウェア 出資／貢献 in GPL history and it 追加するs a 重要な 使用／適用 控訴 to the open source 大臣の地位," said Marco Boerries, 副／悪徳行為 大統領，／社長 and general 経営者／支配人 of webtop and 使用／適用 ソフトウェア at Sun Microsystems, Inc. "This 告示 will てこ入れ／借入資本 StarOffice 控訴's 役割 as the 主要な 生産性 控訴 for 多重の 壇・綱領・公約s and will その上の 増加する our 勢い as the only 競争の激しい 代案／選択肢 to other office 控訴s. Sun will also continue to develop and 積極性 market 未来 見解／翻訳／版s of StarOffice 控訴, which will be based on OpenOffice.org."
"Since 革新 happens in many places, making the source code for StarOffice 控訴 利用できる will enable the enormous community of developers to bring their 専門的知識 and energy to 改善する and 拡大する the reach of this 十分な-featured ソフトウェア 控訴. But OpenOffice.org is much more than just source code--it also 含むs APIs and XML-とじ込み／提出する 判型s. This will 許す developers to easily work across 壇・綱領・公約s and have a 抱擁する 衝撃," said Boerries.
About OpenOffice.org
OpenOffice.org will host StarOffice source code. OpenOffice.Org will also 明示する XML とじ込み／提出する 判型s for 文書s; 明示する language-独立した・無所属 APIs; and 供給する Microsoft Office とじ込み／提出する filters, so developers can more easily 修正する 存在するing programs and customize 明確な／細部 使用／適用s to fit their needs.
普及した community support
OpenOffice.org has already 獲得するd major 産業 support from many open-source luminaries, 含むing Tim O'Reilly, Miguel de Icaza, Brian Behlendorf, and Andy Hertzfeld.
"Microsoft's lock in on its Office とじ込み／提出する 判型s is arguably at least as important to their monopoly position as their 支配（する）／統制する of the operating system itself," said Tim O'Reilly, 創立者 and CEO of O'Reilly and Associates. "The availability of StarOffice under the GPL will give Linux a 上げる on the desktop, but more importantly, the wide availability of StarOffice 控訴's code for reading and 令状ing Microsoft Office 判型s will 許す other open source 事業／計画（する）s to 供給する 両立できる functionality 同様に. Open data is the other 味方する of the open source coin."
"Sun's 告示 to make their office 控訴 解放する／自由な ソフトウェア under the GPL and SISSL licenses will be a 利益 to everyone. Their choice of Bonobo as a 構成要素 枠組み will enable powerful scripting and code 再使用する not only on the desktop, but on the system as a whole," said Miguel de Icaza, 大統領，／社長 and 創立者 of HelixCode Inc. "When I started GNOME three years ago, I had two goals: a 100% 解放する／自由な, 平易な-to-use desktop 環境 and 構成要素 architecture for GNU/Linux. With Helix Code and Sun working together, we can finally see this 見通し realized. The GNOME community is now 調査／捜査するing the best way to 統合する these 科学（工学）技術s just 解放（する）d with the GNOME 環境 with the goal to bring a 包括的な 解答 to everyone."
"The 解放（する） of StarOffice under an open source license is a tremendously 冷静な／正味の thing," said Brian Behlendorf, co-創立者 and CTO of Collab.逮捕する. "The 影響（力） of の近くにd 基準s and proprietary ソフトウェア has made the office 生産性 使用／適用 space an 極端に difficult 円形競技場 for the open source community to 演説（する）／住所. Sun's 活動／戦闘 today 解決するs this problem by 供給するing a much needed 使用／適用."
"One of the last remaining 障壁s to wide-spread 採択 of Open Source ソフトウェア on the desktop is the paucity of high 質, 平易な-to-use 使用／適用s. Today's 告示 of the GPLing of 星／主役にする Office goes a long way toward filling that gap," said Andy Hertzfeld, co-創立者 of Eazel, a 主要な Linux 開発 ソフトウェア company. "Everyone at Eazel is very excited to work with Sun's talented team to 統合する their world-class 生産性 使用／適用s with the Gnome desktop."
Major Linux companies, 含むing Red Hat, Caldera, SuSE, TurboLinux, 平易な Linux, Mandrakesoft, Stormix, Conectivia, 限定された ソフトウェア PLC, and Macmillan, have 調印するd 協定s to redistribute StarOffice(TM) 5.2 ソフトウェア, making it the number one office 生産性 控訴 for Linux and most have 誓約（する）d support for OpenOffice.org.
"We support Sun's かかわり合い to an open desktop for all UNIX/Linux 環境s," says Paul McNamara, 副／悪徳行為 大統領，／社長 of 製品s and 壇・綱領・公約s, Red Hat Linux, Inc. "The availability of professional 使用／適用s like StarOffice ソフトウェア with Red Hat Linux only serves to その上の 実証する the 壇・綱領・公約 and the 未来 growth 可能性のある of Linux."
"Sun 強化するs their かかわり合い to the Linux community with their 告示 to open source StarOffice," said Dean Taylor, 副／悪徳行為 大統領，／社長 of marketing for Caldera Systems, Inc. "This combination of StarOffice 業績／成果 and OpenLinux reliability, helps us 配達する a 質 製品 and needed 使用／適用 to the Linux community."
"As a Linux 解答s provider, SuSE helps 消費者s, small to medium-sized 商売／仕事s, 会社／団体s, 政府 機関s and educators around the world make 知らせるd 決定／判定勝ち（する）s when 購入（する）ing computer 科学（工学）技術," said Roland Dyroff, CEO SuSE Linux AG. "With Sun's かかわり合い to open source StarOffice this 拡大するs the market for 製品 実施s based on open 基準s."
"As long time 支持者s of StarOffice ソフトウェア on Linux, MandrakeSoft is excited Sun is making the source code 利用できる. The 利益s that the open source community will bring to this feature rich 控訴 will continue the 勢い in the market for this exciting 代案／選択肢 to Microsoft Office," said Frederic Bastok, COO of MandrakeSoft, a 主要な Linux publisher.
For more 引用するs from 主要な Linux vendors, please visit www.sun.com/developers/openoffice
解放（する） of the StarOffice source code will reside at www.openoffice.org and will be managed by Collab.逮捕する, a provider of collaborative ソフトウェア 開発 services based on open source 原則s. Collab.逮捕する is creating the 事業／計画（する） hosting 組織／基盤／下部構造 for the openoffice.org 場所／位置. This 選び出す／独身 解答 申し込む／申し出s a medium for hosting source code and 接近ing a 強健な 始める，決める of ソフトウェア 開発 道具s. This 環境 is a cohesive Web-based, open source 開発 壇・綱領・公約 that 供給するs simple, powerful and intuitive 接近 to features 含むing: code 見解／翻訳／版ing, source code browsing, (a)自動的な／(n)自動拳銃 change notification, mailing 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）s and discussion 会議s and 問題／発行する 跡をつけるing Web 行政.
In 新規加入 to the GPL, Sun ーするつもりであるs that all code 出資／貢献s to the OpenOffice.org 事業／計画（する）, 含むing Sun's 出資／貢献 of the StarOffice source code, will be made 利用できる under the Sun 産業 基準s Source License (SISSL). This 二重の-licensing approach is designed to 許す all organizations and individuals to use the source code 自由に and 率直に as they choose. An important 必要物／必要条件 of the SISSL license is that it 要求するs compatibility with the GPL 言及／関連 実施 of the OpenOffice.org source code, 含むing APIs and とじ込み／提出する 判型s. Copies of both the GPL and the SISSL licenses are 利用できる at //licensing/
In 新規加入, Sun also 発表するd today the new OpenOffice.org 創立／基礎, which will 最初 be modeled on other successful open source 事業／計画（する）s and will consist of a 事業／計画（する） 管理／経営 委員会, source code maintainers, and developers. Sun will 持つ／拘留する a equal 会員の地位 position in the OpenOffice.org 創立／基礎 事業／計画（する） 管理／経営 委員会.
About StarOffice
StarOffice 控訴 申し込む／申し出s a feature-rich 選び出す／独身 desktop 環境, with 道具s such as word 過程ing, spreadsheets, 贈呈s, 製図／抽選s, web-publishing, email, scheduling and database 使用／適用s that 申し込む／申し出 商売／仕事s and individuals an 代案／選択肢 to proprietary office 控訴s. For more （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） regarding OpenOffice.org and the StarOffice source code, visit / and http://www.sun.com/staroffice/opensource.
Availability
The StarOffice source code is scheduled to be 利用できる to the open source community on October 13, 2000. Sun will 保持する copyright to the source code and Sun's 現在進行中の 工学 work on StarOffice ソフトウェア will be done as part of OpenOffice.org. Beginning with StarOffice 6.0, a branded 見解／翻訳／版 of the OpenOffice.org 言及／関連 実施 will be made 利用できる under the StarOffice ソフトウェア brand.
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Since its inception in 1982, a singular 見通し -- "The 網状組織 Is The Computer[tm]" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq:SUNW) to its position as a 主要な provider of 産業の-strength 金物類／武器類, ソフトウェア and services that 力／強力にする the Internet and 許す companies 世界的な to ".com" their 商売／仕事s. With $14.2 billion in 年次の 歳入s, Sun can be 設立する in more than 170 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://www.sun.com.
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