# Sun’s StarOffice Now In Google Pack . . . So What?

- Link: https://www.timprobst.com/2007/08/16/suns-staroffice-now-in-google-pack-so-what/
- Published: 2007-08-16T23:54:37-05:00
- Author: Tim Probst

⌊Google Pack⌉⌊Google Pack⌉I read on [TechCrunch](http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/15/google-lends-credibility-to-sun-staroffice/)
this morning that Sun’s [StarOffice](http://www.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/index.jsp)
is now included in Google’s [Google Pack](http://pack.google.com) software package.
While I agree with Duncan Riley that Google will help add some credibility by association,
I really don’t think it matters all that much in the grand scheme of things. StarOffice,
OpenOffice, and other products like it seem incredibly clunky to me, and I have 
never had a positive experience with a product that uses Java (Documentum, Business
Objects, etc.). Now, I have to admit that I have developed some insanely cool document
automation products using Microsoft Word, but I am a Mac user at heart so I have
no love for Microsoft. With that said, there are other quality alternatives to Microsoft
Office like Apple’s iWork and Google’s own Google Docs and Spreadsheets that I would
use before even bothering to download StarOffice or OpenOffice. You can bet that
as soon as Google figures out how to incorporate the presentation product they bought
and make it possible to use Google Docs and Spreadsheets offline, StarOffice will
come off of the list of products available in the Google Pack. Sun will have to
enjoy the extra attention while they can.