Isn't it based on Eclipse with added plugins??
On 9/20/07, Kiggundu Mukasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=42476 > > IBM ANNOUNCED in New York City yesterday that it will offer a > complete set of office productivity applications as free downloads. > Branded as IBM Lotus Symphony, the office suite will include word > processing, spreadsheet and presentation programs. > > Implementing the XML based file and display formats of the ISO > standard Open Document Format (ODF) specification, Lotus Symphony > will be based upon software written by the Open Office coalition, > which IBM has joined along with Sun, Google and others. Last week IBM > announced that it has dedicated 35 developers to contributing code to > Open Office. > > The rest of IBM's Lotus line of email, messaging and work group > collaboration applications, led by its flagship Lotus Notes product, > are proprietary. IBM has invested significant resouces in Lotus for > over a decade, ever since it bought Lotus for $3.5 billion in 1995. > But its Lotus SmartSuite line of office applications failed to gain > traction in attempting to challenge Microsoft Office during the late > 1990s. > > By offering its flavor of Open Office under the Lotus banner, IBM may > be hinting that it will add features to Open Office to integrate its > applications with preexisting Lotus software................. > > > > > -- Acta Virum Probant -- > > ---- > Kiggundu Mukasa > KYM-NET LTD. > Plot 80 Kanjokya Street > P.O. Box 24284 Kampala, Uganda > Tel: +256 772 972255 > +256 414 571779 > Fax: +256 312 262122 > > http://kym.net > > > -- Happy day ------------- Brian _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
