

StarDivision is formed in Lüneburg, northern Germanyġ991 StarWriter 5.5 is released, including StarWriter Compact 2.0 (Screenshot: Masterhit, CC-BY-SA)ġ992 StarOffice 1.0 is released, combining StarWriter, StarBase and StarDrawġ994 StarWriter 2.0 is released for Windows, OS/2, Mac OS and Solaris (SPARC)ġ995 StarOffice 3.0 is released, running on Windows, OS/2, Solaris and Mac OSġ996 StarOffice 3.1 is released, the first version for Linux i386ġ999 Sun Microsystems buys StarDivision for $73.5 millionĢ000 StarOffice 5.2 is released as a free download for personal use Discover the history of LibreOffice and its predecessors! Here's a quick summary – and then read on for the details.ġ985 Star-Writer I, written by Marco Börries, is released - initially for CP/M on the Amstrad CPC, and later ported to DOS.
