Saifi Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, Ravikanth wrote: > Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:46:11 +0530 (IST) > From: Ravikanth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [twincling] IBM launched free office tools > > IBM has launched free office tools, find at > http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.jspa > > Ravikanth > Hi Ravi: Is 'Lotus Symphony' another independent product from IBM released as 'freeware' ? While it does support ODF, it does not seem to be OpenSource ! In case you used it, how has been the experience say compare to 'OpenOffice' ? Please share your experiences. thanks Saifi.
Hi Saifi, Lotus Symphony is said to be open-source(though I don't know where the sources are!) It is supposed to be a stripped down version of OpenOffice with a re-branded GUI. I feel OpenOffice itself needs a lot of improvement and it is really a pain top use it especially if you are used to MS Office. IBM would donate some resources to OpenOffice to make it better. I failed to install Lotus Symphony beta on my Ubuntu lappy but will try again later. See: http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news.phtml/10254/11278/IBM-Lotus-Symphony-Freeware-Suite.phtml -- Satish
