atw: Free download of StarOffice from Google

You can now get StarOffice (not OpenOffice) for free from Google:

http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_installer.html?hl=en&gl=us
I thought StarO was much the same as OpenO except that the fee included help desk support and some additional templates, but according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staroffice there are a few more differences such as a macro recorder, extra fonts, and clip art.
StarOffice is supported on fewer OSes (e.g. not Mac) and fewer languages though. I don't know if there are any other gotchas.
My main objection to OO (and I assume it's the same for SO) is that you have to download the whole thing whenever there's an upgrade. OTOH I'm mainly interested in the word processor so unless there's some significant enhancement to the Writer component (or some dire security hole is unearthed) I generally skip the interim updates. 

Stuart
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