Sun Microsystems Inc announced that Singapore Airlines has rolled out
StarOffice software in its new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.
It has introduced StarOffice software as part of its next generation
KrisWorld inflight entertainment system to meet the increasing needs of
travelers today. Passengers from Singapore Airlines will be able to use
StarOffice's word processing, spreadsheets and presentation tools, Sun said in a
statement.
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Singapore Airlines rolls out StarOffice software in its new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft |
“With heightened security, access to laptops during flights can sometimes be
restricted. The availability of StarOffice software as part of KrisWorld, offers
Singapore Airlines' customers the opportunity to work on and access their
information in an open, secure and freely available fashion independent of any
vendor or file formats during their flights,” said Wong Heng Chew, MD-Singapore,
Sun Microsystems.
“Sun Microsystems is proud to be the airline's solution provider of choice.
With StarOffice software supporting an increasing number of productivity file
formats like Open Document Format and Microsoft Office, travelers can access
such files through a single application with a USB storage device and even
export documents in PDF format,” he added.
StarOffice software is an office productivity product that includes word
processing, spreadsheets, presentations, database, graphics, drawing, photo
editing and web publishing applications. It is compatible with Microsoft Office.