Plus, Kevin Tolly reviews Lotus Symphony (and likes it, too). check out two more reviews: OpenOffice fan James Gaskin reviews Lotus Symphony (and likes it). CostĬurrently, Lotus Symphony is free, while there is a cost of about $70 US per annum for StarOffice._Įditor's note. After entering my favorite bugmenot credentials, I acquired it, for the cost of a free 90-day trial as well. Sun though, required registration before allowing a download. StarOffice was similarly not very visible from the default Sun landing page, however, it was only two clicks away. At a cost of free, and without the expected registration hassles, I downloaded the software.
Lotus Symphony is available for downloading from IBM’s website, though you would need to Live Search the name to get to the download page said page being well hidden from prying eyes.
I also limited myself to three modules of StarOffice, in order to be fair to the three modules currently in Lotus Symphony. Straying off the ranch, I have been testing IBM’s Lotus Symphony, the latest incarnation (in name only) of the DOS-era integrated program of the same name.įor this test, I focused on two aspects, usability and compatibility, as being more important to my constituency than others, since most companies considering any of these programs would probably be doing so with a current inventory of documents already saved in the Microsoft Office format.Ĭoncurrent with this test, I also tested StarOffice, version 8, from Sun Microsystems since it is the suite the Open Office project is based upon.
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