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No more free ride for Open Office plug-in
Oracle start charging for Sun's Office ODF plug-in - The H Open Source: News and FeaturesOracle start charging for Sun's Office ODF plug-in
In 2007, Sun released the Sun ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office, as a closed source but free application which allowed Microsoft Office users to export and import documents in Open Document Format. Although the Oracle site still, at the time of writing, offers the software for free with the tagline "Get it now: FREE", users clicking through will find that Oracle are now charging $90, per user, for a right-to-use license for the plug-in and offering support costing $19.80 per user for the first year.