Google Distributing Sun Office Software

By JORDAN ROBERTSON, AP Technology Writer, Technology / Software

An Sun Microsystems Inc. mouse pad, mouse, and keyboard is shown at Sun headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007. Two years after announcing a somewhat vague software-distribution partnership, Google Inc. and Sun have clarified their tactics for jointly attacking Microsoft Corp. and its ubiquitous Office software. Google quietly began including Sun's StarOffice suite of word processing, spreadsheets and other workplace-oriented programs for free as part of the Google Pack download. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

(AP) -- Two years after announcing a somewhat vague software-distribution partnership, Google Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc. have clarified their tactics for jointly attacking Microsoft Corp. and its ubiquitous Office software.

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