IBM To Offer Free Office Suite
There’s nothing revolutionary about the free office suite IBM is now offering on its website. It’s based on the open source suite OpenOffice.org, although the user interface is much more modern looking — think Office 2003 meets Offices 2007 (click the thumbnail for a better look). The real significance here is that it’s IBM distributing it, under the Lotus Symphony brand. The old saying that nobody ever got fired for buying IBM may not be as true as it once was, but a free office suite from Big Blue should win over more than a few corporate customers.
I’m downloading the suite now for a tryout (along with a lot of other people apparently — the going is slow).
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