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IBM has launched a commercially supported version of its Lotus Symphony productivity suite, ready to take on Microsoft Office.
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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IBM on Monday joined the OpenOffice.org community, providing a boost to supporters of the OpenDocument Format (ODF).
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Sun would like to think it can succeed where others have failed,,"in breaking Microsoft's stranglehold on the office productivity market,"by offering a product that's almost as good as Microsoft Office at a much lower price. Do the sums add up?
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