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IBM Unveils Free Office Suite
IBM gunning for Microsoft? Man, that takes me back. The company just announced IBM Lotus Symphony, a suite of software tools for creating and sharing documents, presentations, and spreadsheets. Sound like any other office suite you know? The difference is that while Microsoft Office costs hundreds of...
Tags: Rick Broida, Software, Office Suites, Emerging Technologies, Open Source, Productivity, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, OpenDocument Format (ODF), IBM Corp., Difference, Suite, IBM Lotus Symphony, Microsoft Corp.
Blog posts 2007-09-19

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IBM Lotus Symphony Attracts 100,000 Registered Users in First Week
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Lotus Symphony, IBM's new, free office productivity software, has been downloaded by more than 100,000 registered business and consumer users in its first week. The Lotus Symphony Web site ( www.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony ), which is providing user community feedback for the Symphony beta software,...
Tags: IBM Corp., Lotus Symphony
Research articles 2007-09-26
ODF Comes of Age: IBM Lotus Symphony Turns 1.0
Open Document Format ODF comes of age today as IBM (NYSE: IBM) announces the commercial-grade, general availability of Lotus Symphony ( http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony ), a suite of free, ODF-based software tools for creating and sharing documents, spreadsheets and presentations.
Tags: IBM Corp.
Research articles 2008-06-03
IBM, Ubuntu Cloud Collaboration Package Seeks to Cut Down Microsoft Windows 7
In time for the launch of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system Oct. 22, IBM released an Ubuntu Linux-based hybrid cloud computing and desktop solution for businesses looking to save some money by taking the hosted software and open-source route. IBM said its Client for Smart Work package is geared to...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, IBM Corp., Ubuntu
News items 2009-10-20
IBM Releases Beta 4 of Free Lotus Symphony Suite
Remember Lotus Symphony, the free office suite introduced by IBM last September? It's like a kinder, gentler version of OpenOffice (meaning it's nicer-looking and more user-friendly than the popular open-source suite). IBM just took the wraps off a new beta, bringing a host of new features and bug fixes to...
Tags: Rick Broida, Software, Office Suites, Open Source, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, IBM Corp., Beta, Developer
Blog posts 2008-02-05
Replace Pricey Microsoft Office with Free Lotus Symphony 1.0
Lotus Symphony is a free office suite for Windows and Linux. It rivals Microsoft Office, offering business-caliber word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations. And it's no longer in beta: IBM just announced Symphony's official 1.0 release. Though built on an OpenOffice core, Symphony bears little...
Tags: Software, Rick Broida, Word-processing, Office Suites, Open Source, Microsoft Office, Productivity, OpenOffice, Lotus Symphony, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.
Blog posts 2008-06-02
Replace Pricey Microsoft Office with Free Lotus Symphony 1.0
Replace Pricey Microsoft Office with Free Lotus Symphony 1.0Symphony EncoreVery interesting - Lotus released Symphony in 1985 or 1986, well before Windows 1.0. It was the first integrated, multiple window spreadsheet. It had a robust command language and a nicer interface than 123. It's interesting that IBM...
Tags: Free Lotus Symphony 1.0, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Symphony, IBM Corp., pricey Microsoft Office
Discussion threads 2008-06-02
IBM Announces Next Symphony; Quarter-Million Registered Users in Two Months
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the second version of Lotus Symphony ( www.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony ), its popular, free desktop document software, which has now been downloaded by more than one-quarter million registered users -- 88 percent of which are Microsoft customers -- in its first two months. The new...
Tags: IBM Corp.
Research articles 2007-11-13
IBM improves Lotus support on BlackBerry
BlackBerry users will gain access to a portfolio of IBM's Lotus collaboration software and development tools in Q4 2009. The range of software will include Lotus Symphony, Quickr and Domino Designer. by Jeremy Collum
Tags: RIM BlackBerry, IBM Corp., Handhelds, Groupware, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Jeremy Collum, Research In Motion Ltd.
Articles 2009-01-21
IBM and Ubuntu roll Linux for U.S desktops vs Windows 7
From the 'First in Africa, now in the U.S' files:A few weeks, back IBM and Canonical the lead sponsor of Ubuntu Linux announced a plan to deliver Linux desktops and software to Africa. At the time, I questioned why the offer wasn't being made available in the U.S.That changes today...
Tags: Linux, IBM Corp., Ubuntu
News items 2009-10-20
IBM Should Buy Zoho (Updated)
Last week I mentioned how risible the idea of IBM trying to match Google Apps could be. Acknowledging all of IBM's strengths in the enterprise market, it's ludicrous because they're trying to offer a lot less in function for not that much less per user. And when was the last...
Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Zoho, IBM Corp., Cloud Computing, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-10-06
IBM announces IBM Lotus Symphony document sharing / creation suite
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Tags: IBM Corp.
Research articles 2007-09-21
IBM Wins Pyrrhic Format Battle Over Microsoft
By releasing a new service pack for Office that includes support for the open document format ODF, Microsoft appears to be complying with European demands that it play well with others, while putting to rest accusations by IBM that it is still trying to maintain a monopoly over document formats....
Tags: Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, IBM Corp., Spreadsheet Interoperability, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Productivity, Emerging Technologies, Michael Hickins
Blog posts 2009-05-11
Is There Life After Office?
Attempts by several state governments to dump Microsoft Office have died quiet deaths because of internecine squabbles within the open source community, a testament to vendor greed and a depressing reminder that the public interest often takes a back seat to moneyed interests. In 2005, the Commonwealth...
Tags: Microsoft Office, Sun Microsystems Inc., Massachusetts, OpenOffice.org, OpenOffice, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Michael Hickins
Blog posts 2009-06-09
Is OpenOffice.org a 'dying horse'?
By Eileen Yu, ZDNet AsiaPosted on ZDNet News: Jan 12, 2009 7:56:32 AM Coining it a "dying horse" and "profoundly sick project", Meeks called for Sun to distant itself from OpenOffice and reduce its ownership of the codebase. While contacted, Sun was unable to respond by press time. In an...
News items 2009-08-07
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