[CoLoCo] IBM Lotus Symphony

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The old DOS version was around a long time ago, but the new version is based
on OOo

 "Symphony is available for Linux <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux> and
Windows <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows>, and Mac OS
X<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X>.
It is based on Eclipse
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_%28software%29> Rich
Client Platform <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Client_Platform> from IBM
Lotus Expeditor <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Lotus_Expeditor> for its
shell and OpenOffice.org <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org> 1.1.4
for the core office suite
code.[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Symphony#cite_note-0>OpenOffice.org
version 1.1.4 was dual licensed under both the GNU
Lesser General Public
License<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License>and
Sun's own
SISSL <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Industry_Standards_Source_License>,
which allowed for entities to change the code without releasing their
changes. Therefore, IBM does not have to release the source code of
Symphony."



On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Andrew <keen101 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Umm... I don't think that is quite correct...
>
> I believe Lotus Symphony was around before Open Office. My dad said he used
> to use it a long time ago at Hewlett Packard. From what I've read/heard it
> used to be the dominant/popular Office suite before Microsoft Office gained
> traction, and used to be in direct competition with MS Office.
>
> So, i think in all fairness it was/is it's own project. I just downloaded
> it to see what it's like. It's certainly different. It seemed slow when
> starting up, but once up it actually seemed kinda speedy. I'll tell you if i
> discover anything new about it. It does say it was built on eclipse. It
> actually doesn't look half bad, and is probably quite usable.
>
> It is another free alternative to MS Office, and that deserves at least
> some mention.
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:04 PM, David Overcash <funnylookinhat at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> I heard that Symphony is a re-branded open-office...  if that's true, then
>> I fail to see the purpose in it.  Open-office is pretty darn good if you ask
>> me!  :-)
>>
>> -David
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Andrew <keen101 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone here use IBM's Lotus Symphony Office Suite?
>>>
>>> Just wanted to know if anyone here has tried it, and anything they might
>>> like to say about it. (good or bad)
>>>
>>> I read an article today that praises it, and in turn it made me curious.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/19/AR2009011901981.html
>>>
>>> http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.nsf/home
>>>
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