While the open-source community was rapidly iterating toward version 3.x, Sun’s commercial StarOffice 9 was based on the robust OpenOffice.org 3.0 codebase but packaged with proprietary enhancements. The "9.2" designation indicates a specific internal build or service pack level, while "Update 4" suggests a subsequent patch layer.
: Based on OpenOffice.org 3.2 , which focused on faster startup times and improved ODF 1.2 support. StarOffice 9 Office Suite
In 2010, Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems. Within months, Oracle discontinued StarOffice, renaming the commercial offering to "Oracle Open Office" briefly before killing it entirely. Oracle then donated the OpenOffice.org codebase to the Apache Foundation (resulting in ). However, the proprietary components—the high-quality multilingual dictionaries, the commercial fonts, and the VBA bridge—remain locked in Sun’s legacy archives.
While the open-source community was rapidly iterating toward version 3.x, Sun’s commercial StarOffice 9 was based on the robust OpenOffice.org 3.0 codebase but packaged with proprietary enhancements. The "9.2" designation indicates a specific internal build or service pack level, while "Update 4" suggests a subsequent patch layer.
: Based on OpenOffice.org 3.2 , which focused on faster startup times and improved ODF 1.2 support. StarOffice 9 Office Suite
In 2010, Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems. Within months, Oracle discontinued StarOffice, renaming the commercial offering to "Oracle Open Office" briefly before killing it entirely. Oracle then donated the OpenOffice.org codebase to the Apache Foundation (resulting in ). However, the proprietary components—the high-quality multilingual dictionaries, the commercial fonts, and the VBA bridge—remain locked in Sun’s legacy archives.
