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14 Sep 2009
IBM is reportedly dumping Microsoft Office in favour of its own version of Open Office, Lotus Symphony.
According to reports, around 330,000 of IBM's current 360,000 employees have already started using Symphony and the rest have recently been told to stop using Microsoft Office. German economic newspaper Handelsblatt said that workers have been given 10 days to get the Microsoft software off their machines.
If IBM employees really want to continue using Microsoft Office after that they will have to get their manager's approval.
Lotus Symphony is an office productivity suite that incorporates huge chunks of customised Open Office. It was developed by IBM in an attempt at luring customers away from Microsoft Office, so it was always a source of embarrassment that the company didn't use the product internally.
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The Time Has Come...
Sure there are problems with OpenOffice conversion but only if you're in a company that uses the 2 or 3% or M$ top order options that 99% of organisations don't use. Give it up & change & good riddance.
Posted by: Rex Alfie Lee 18 Sep 2009
Compatibility?
Are there compatibility issues between Symphony and MS Office? I have always understood that there were issues between Open Office and MS Office...
Posted by: Paul McS 15 Sep 2009
Totally agree
Lotus Symphony is a great package. Also comes intergated with their Lotus Notes mail client. Includes a save to PDF option which is very useful.
Posted by: Murray 14 Sep 2009
It's their company they can do what they want
I'd love them to publish any effects this change makes to Office productivity.
Posted by: Joe 14 Sep 2009