Lotus Symphony is a Free Download from IBM

[James Knott]

Christopher Browne wrote:
> On 9/18/07, Ivan Avery Frey <ivan.frey-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>   
>> Yeah, it's still proprietary, but it supports ODF. Linux and Window
>> downloads with a port for Mac OS X coming.
>>
>> http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.jspa
>>     
>
> Wow, that's a "blast from the past."  I remember preparing financial
> statements using Symphony, once upon a time.  Back then were the days
> of MS-DOS, and Symphony had the oddity that it implemented everything
> atop the common "spreadsheet substrate."
>
> For instance, word processing was implemented via having each line be
> a spreadsheet cell; justification and such would lead to words getting
> shoved from cell to cell, so that it was startlingly slow...
>
> I'll bet it is different now - it was definitely wacky back then!
>   
How does Symphony compare with Smart Suite?  I used to use Smart Suite,
when I worked at IBM and I also have an old copy of Smart Suite for OS/2
here.


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