Sun Microsystems acquires StarDivision
Sun Microsystems acquires StarDivision, the German company behind the StarOffice suite, which would form the codebase for OpenOffice.org.
Significance
This acquisition provided the foundational code upon which OpenOffice.org, and subsequently LibreOffice Base, would be built.
Key facts
- Date
- 1999-08-31
- Type
- acquisition
- Location
- Hamburg, Germany / Palo Alto, USA