Comments on: IBM Lotus Symphony: A Good Alternative to MS Word http://www.businesspundit.com/ibm-lotus-symphony-a-good-alternative-to-ms-word/ Entrepreneurship, Startup Companies and Business Philosophy Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:54:25 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jim Mason http://www.businesspundit.com/ibm-lotus-symphony-a-good-alternative-to-ms-word/comment-page-1/#comment-13505 Jim Mason Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:53:05 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com/?p=8225#comment-13505 Interesting comment on Open Office. Can't understand why IBM invested in Symphony when Open Office is more compatible for existing Microsoft users, has a bigger user base, a better license, more components, a larger 3rd party set of extensions, interfaces as well as more vendor support. I'm sure IBM had a great reason for introducing Symphony late to the game in 2007 but I haven't heard it anywhere yet. Interesting comment on Open Office. Can’t understand why IBM invested in Symphony when Open Office is more compatible for existing Microsoft users, has a bigger user base, a better license, more components, a larger 3rd party set of extensions, interfaces as well as more vendor support. I’m sure IBM had a great reason for introducing Symphony late to the game in 2007 but I haven’t heard it anywhere yet.

]]> By: Robin Capper http://www.businesspundit.com/ibm-lotus-symphony-a-good-alternative-to-ms-word/comment-page-1/#comment-12111 Robin Capper Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:00:39 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com/?p=8225#comment-12111 Interested to read your comments on Open Office. Originally I used Word Perfect/Quattro Pro but later changed to Office because everyone else used it. Not having the hassle of compatibility worries was worth the entry cost. I tried Open Office but only so far as to see what it did and no more. One thing that I like the sound of is a single UX container for different types of documents. Maybe Microsoft should consider this, surely the Fluent UX makes it more viable than before. Interested to read your comments on Open Office. Originally I used Word Perfect/Quattro Pro but later changed to Office because everyone else used it. Not having the hassle of compatibility worries was worth the entry cost. I tried Open Office but only so far as to see what it did and no more.
One thing that I like the sound of is a single UX container for different types of documents. Maybe Microsoft should consider this, surely the Fluent UX makes it more viable than before.

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