[CoLoCo] IBM Lotus Symphony

[Andrew]

Thanks TC, that adds some helpful information.

-Andrew

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:45 PM, TC <telecon at infosyndicate.net> wrote:

> 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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