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> High Plains Thumper wrote:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Lotus Symphony on Linux: Install a part of âIBMâs Smart Workâ
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> IBM recently announced they are pairing up with Cannonical
>>>> and Red Hat to develop a Windows 7 alternative (see âIBM
>>>> Client for Smart Workâ). This pairing makes perfect sense as
>>>> IBM has been a supporter of open source and Linux for some
>>>> time now. Not only that but IBM released their office suite,
>>>> Lotus Symphony, a few years ago. Back when this suite was
>>>> released I did some technical journals on it only to find it
>>>> difficult to install, rather buggy, and not well supported.
>>>> That was then, this is now.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/23/lotus-symphony-on-linux-install-a-part-of-
ibms-smart-work/
>>
>> The thing I like about Lotus Symphony, StarOffice (and OpenOffice
>> variant), is that they are compatible. I am doing documentation
>> for someone using OO or LS. I can give the work to them on CDR
>> along with a copy of OO or LS, they can install it on their Mac
>> or Windows system, we have full compatibility, not just for now
>> but the future. I can easily export or print as PDF.
>>
>> This makes ODF much more universal than Microsoft Office, who
>> decided to break ODF compliance with their last Office service pack.
>>
>> That one act out of many shows that they are only interested in
>> maintaining their monopoly rather than improve their products to
>> be better than the competition.
>>
>
> I think MS does it's customers and I am one, a disservice with their ODF
> implementation. They can argue what they want about the specification
> but the fact that their competitors have compatible ODF implementations
> and they don't is a disadvantage. I like Office and use it on the PC
> and Mac but I would prefer it to be fully compatible with other suites
> and compete on it's features, interface and ease of use over trying to
> play lock-in games with file formats.
The ODF Alliance too is concerned about what Microsoft is doing here,
which is not a violation of the law.
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