Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 18th Sep 2007 19:56 UTC, submitted by jchildrose
IBM plans to mount its most ambitious challenge in years to Microsoft's dominance of personal computer software, by offering free programs for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations. Steven A. Mills, senior vice president of IBM's software group, said the programs promote an open-source document format. The company is announcing the desktop software, called IBM Lotus Symphony, at an event today in New York. The programs will be available as free downloads from the IBM Web site.
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From their FAQ (http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/product_faqs_norm...):
Are the IBM Lotus Symphony tools different from the embedded productivity tools delivered in IBM Lotus Notes v. 8?
* No. The tools have the same functionality but have different names:
* IBM Lotus Symphony was IBM Productivity tools
* Lotus Symphony Documents was Lotus Documents
* Lotus Symphony Spreadsheets was Lotus Spreadsheets
* Lotus Symphony Presentations was Lotus Presentations