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IBM this week quietly updated its Lotus Symphony desktop applications with a feature that hints at its broader strategy to use the Web and standards to up-end Microsoft's massive Office business.
IBM Lotus Symphony, which is a free suite of office applications for viewing documents, spreadsheets and presentations -- and is an alternative to Microsoft Office, passed the 100,000 downloads mark this week.
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We love plucky underdogs, and Lotus SmartSuite is certainly one of them-there's no question that this suite has slipped below the radar.
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Developers of alternative office software need to place more emphasis on ease of conversion if they ever wish to de-throne Microsoft.
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