Fully compatible with most Microsoft Office documents and available in all the major languages including French, German, Spanish, English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Swedish and Italian, Sun's StarOffice 6.0 supports 10 languages total.

Sun's StarOffice 6.0 for Linux provides a unique opportunity to help move new users to Linux. This new release confirms Linux as a stable, efficient and affordable replacement for Windows and MacOS in the enterprise, as well as for individuals.

StarOffice 6.0 is comprised of five major components. StarOffice Writer is a professional word processor; StarOffice Calc is a spreadsheet application; StarOffice Impress is a multimedia presentation tool; StarOffice Draw is a 3D graphics and special effects designer; StarOffice Adabas DB is a user-friendly database.

The new features include a new XML-based document format that results in dramatically reduced file sizes (compared to StarOffice 5.2), improved file filters and support for OLE objects that provide excellent compatibility with Microsoft Office documents, new font rendering, an improved user interface that makes StarOffice 6.0 more intuitive and friendly than ever, better system integration with other applications that allows, for instance, the ability to send office documents with an email client directly from StarOffice, and more!

"StarOffice software enables users within a multi-platform environment to conduct business seamlessly," said Mike Rogers, vice president and general manager of desktop and office productivity, Sun Microsystems. "We are pleased to be working with MandrakeSoft to deliver value to its customers."

Jacques Le Marois, CEO and Co-Founder of MandrakeSoft, adds: "StarOffice 6.0 is a powerful and low-cost office alternative that makes Linux much more attractive to a wider audience of people. I'm very happy that Mandrake Linux users can be the first Linux users to benefit from this new release."

StarOffice 6.0 is supported under the following Mandrake Linux versions (x86 only): Mandrake Linux 8.0, Mandrake Linux 8.1 and Mandrake Linux 8.2.

Mandrake Linux Club Users ("Silver" members and above) can download StarOffice 6.0 for Linux at:
http://www.mandrivaclub.com

To upgrade to Silver Membership or above:
http://www.mandrivaclub.com/user.php?op=chg_membership

More information about the Mandrake Linux Users Club is available at:
http://www.mandrivalinux.com/en/club/

About MandrakeSoft, Inc.

MandrakeSoft provides a trusted interface between users of information technology and open source developers. The company offers its enterprise, government and educational customers a set of GNU Linux and Open-Source software and related services, and user-friendly and highly competitive information technologies. In addition, MandrakeSoft offers technologists committed to open software and courseware a trusted channel to offer their services.

The company has technologists in over 20 countries, and is traded on Euronext Marché Libre (Euroclear code: 4477.PA; Reuters code: MAKE.PA) and the US OTC market (stock symbol MDKFF). "Born on the Internet" in late 1998, MandrakeSoft established headquarters in the U.S.A., Montreal, England, Germany and France. Please visit the Web site, https://mandriva.com for more information.

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 power the Internet and allow companies worldwide to take their businesses to the nth. Sun can be found in more than 170 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com.