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On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 1:54 AM, john bertelsen <[email protected]> wrote: > I haven't tested this yet, but it is my understanding this is a repackaging > of an older version of OpenOffice. > > John B. > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 9:43 PM, chris yarger <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Resuming an old rivalry, International Business Machines Corp. is >> launching a software giveaway that takes aim at Microsoft Corp. on the >> office desktop. >> >> Today, IBM plans to post on the Internet a package of its own software >> with applications that square off against components of Microsoft's >> ubiquitous Office suite -- a word processor to rival Word, a >> spreadsheet to go up against Excel and business-presentation software >> as an alternative to PowerPoint. >> >> The IBM package, called Symphony, can be downloaded free of charge. >> The home edition of Microsoft's Office lists for $120 on Internet >> retail ... >> >> source >> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119007597680930576.html?mod=googlenews_wsj >> >> >> >> >> >> Desktop Application >> >> WINNER: IBM Lotus Symphony >> Lotus Symphony acts much like Microsoft Office, which is good if you >> are looking for something to replace Office at a fraction of the cost >> (free!). It's not so good if you are looking for something entirely >> different from Office, but there aren't many free suites that >> accomplish that yet. There are plenty of individual applications out >> there, but most office productivity suites at the moment are, more or >> less, Office clones. >> >> Symphony consists of word processing, spreadsheet and presentation >> applications. Based on the Open Document Format standard, Symphony >> saves all documents by default to that format. It can open and edit >> documents created under OpenOffice and other applications that also >> follow ODF. Symphony can also open and edit all Office documents saved >> in the older .doc format. Documents created in Office 2007 with the >> newer .docx (.xlsx and .pptx) formats can't be opened under Symphony. >> >> The Office 2007 installation here at the Test Center by default saves >> documents in the Office 97-2003 format (in the interest of >> backward-compatibility) so there were no problems editing files >> created in Symphony under Office 2007, or vice versa. The Test Center >> found Symphony a snap to use, and switching to Symphony after years of >> using Microsoft Office was painless. >> >> source >> http://www.crn.com/it-channel/212202127;jsessionid=4W3C1FZ44DU1AQSNDLRSKH0CJUNN2JVN?pgno=8 >> >> >> Symphony homepage >> >> >> http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.nsf/home > >
