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| Downloads:11,262 |
| Version Downloads:1,444 |
| Type:Business : Word Processing |
| License:Free |
| Date:02 Mar 2012 |
| Platform:Intel |
| Price:Free |
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Tsehov reviewed on 03 Mar 2012
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Cattus Thraex reviewed on 02 Mar 2012
The problem with this build, as well as the already numerous OO, LibreO, NeoO variants is that we already have TOO MANY offices for mac, to add here iWork and, of course, MS Office for mac. This may prove confusing.
I understand Lotus symphony will merge with OO 4. This sounds good, if OO 4 takes this interface, and improves it, then make a jump in speed, then this may be indeed a great step forward.
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IBM Lotus Symphony is Intel only. IBM can't code multiple architecture and yet this is the same company who STILL sells G5 and real POWER machines, some costing millions. Same company also sets up www.power.org .
I got great respect for them but every kind of "Intel only" release validates Steve Jobs point even more. In fact, if Console makers go with X86 in next generation, this kind of abandonment will also be part of reason.
They just validate non-X86 phobia with such actions. SJobs said really less about their disservice. It wasn't just 3Ghz and performance per watt, it was also lack of support from IBM and their strange developer connections.
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Lotus Symphony 3.0.1 seems OK, well done, stable, very mac-like, unlike OO and LO, still with that ugly Linux-like interface.
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Why bother with such software, even if it is free? I see them as being primarily document conversion utilities i.e. you can open Windows documents and then save them out as PDFs. Alternatively one can transform Mac documents into a form Windows users can readily handle. And why install it if you have already installed NeoOffice? Well, it might just happen to handle a Windows document better than NeoOffice. That's why I have Adobe Reader---I rarely use it except when Skim or Preview or PDFpen cannot successfully print a particular PDF file.
Incidentally, before you can download you will have to give your full contact details but can then opt out of being contacted by them. And when you do download, be sure to select the non-default option of download via http as their applet crashed Safari on my 10.5.8 system.
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Y-Guy reviewed on 09 Aug 2009
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http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/help.nsf/ReleaseNotes
Hopefully this resolves the issue where it broke after 10.5.6.
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But, that's about it.
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Johnnie Baram reviewed on 07 Nov 2008
However, I have download this application and it's really nice. IBM done a nice begin, the interface is clear and easy to use. I'm currently using Office For MAC 2008 and I can feel that this app seems to be better. I hope this App might bring IBM back to their position where they were standing with Lotus 1-2-3
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FYI, IBM did not own Lotus at that time. By the time IBM bought them, they were hardly relevant except for Notes.
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