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• Jim said on Feb 13, 2008 1:08 PM:

  OPSP of the year? It doesn't exist - not for the mac platform anyway.
  
  I have yet to see a working product... therefore OpenOffice beats it hands down thus far. With NeoOffice you at least have a working package available for each platform. Amazingly, IBM has had a Linux version out for quite a while, but still no Mac port.
  
  If IBM ever does release a mac native version, then it may be worthy of beating out the one completely cross-platform offering, as well as the MS offering that works on Windows and Mac.
  

• Elhay Achiam said on Feb 13, 2008 2:51 PM:

  Congratulations to the team. You're doing a fabulous job and I can't think of a more worthy office sweet.
  
  I've installed Symphony on all of my Windows machines and I'm looking forward to making it my primary office suite on my Mac as well...
  

• val said on Feb 14, 2008 8:59 AM:

  i am very much looking forward to seeing it on my mac! keep up the good work and finish it on time for the notes 8.5 mac release... !!!
  

• Vince said on Feb 20, 2008 8:40 PM:

  A Port to Mac would be appreciated!
  

• Ter Meenal said on Feb 22, 2008 8:33 AM:

  Very Impressed with the 'tour' videos. The Symphony developers appear to have spent a fair amount of time in cleaning up, and improving upon, the interface from the Oo project. However as Jim posted on Feb 13th, there is still no Mac version out, yet they have it running on Linux. There should be very little reason for not getting a beta version out for Mac, even if it needs to run under X11.
  

• Irene Stowe said on Feb 28, 2008 12:43 AM:

  Certainly you must be kidding. With no way to change the default page margins, and a cumbersome way to turn off page numbering on the first page (field value from 0 to -1), among other things - this must have been a setup.
  
  MS Office, much to my dismay, is considerably better although much more expensive too. Symphony has a long way to go, even though it is far prettier than OpenOffice.
  

• Brian Levy said on Feb 28, 2008 4:54 PM:

  I tried an earlier beta of Symphony along with Lotus Notes and IBM has the makings of a real integrated office suite and a new market and reason for Notes. Symphony had seemed to have a bit more integration than OOo but that same integration also seemed to be a hinderance, possibly as learning curve issue. While not having all the features of OOo, it did take longer to open and appeared to require more time to process. I finally uninstalled it. I use NeoOffice on a Mac and it works better in that environment than OOo. I have not tried Symphony or Notes on my Linux box. While I'd like to see it ported to OS X for the PPc, I won't hold my breath as the technology is will only experience a downward trend in terms of offerings.
  

• pvmstg said on Mar 19, 2008 9:48 AM:

  In business, symphony lack database vs openoffice which have it's own even if it's like access so useless for most user.
  
  I know you can't do all in the same time. Releasing the first tree parts most use it's a begining.
  
  But why IBM doesn't already make a statement about database inclusion, even with a reasonalble pricetag.
  
  Approach was the only product from ibm that I use with joy and ease of use.... Why not make a clear statement to update it in the symphony free suite or compatible paid add on.
  
  Also.... still no beta or timetable for osX support... You said yes but no beta... so... without crossplatform.... no appeal... it's for that I turn from approach to filemaker. Make one use on all
  

• Ken Galbraith said on Mar 26, 2008 10:55 AM:

  Beta 4 is quite an improvement in performance. Had to wait for keystrokes ro respond in Beta2. Not any more.
  

• Mike Cebula said on Apr 7, 2008 5:35 PM:

  About to download the Linux version and try it. The license agreement stopped me cold. Looks like something the old IBM would put together. You forgot to include the rules in case I wanted to use it on the moon.
  

• Ashutosh Mishra said on Apr 15, 2008 11:06 PM:

  Please release a stable version soon - I want to try it out!
  

• Nico said on Apr 18, 2008 9:07 AM:

  I would happily pay substantial money for my company to have access to an upgraded "Approach" Database frontend.
  
  Nothing else in the market provides the flexability of Approach in manipulating data and the ease of generating reports on the fly.
  
  My clients pay big bucks for my Approach skills, but the current versions are running more and more into incompatibility problems, especially with new printers.
  

• Pqcswnxs said on Apr 27, 2008 4:54 PM:

  Gloomy tales
  

• bob said on May 13, 2008 6:28 PM:

  hay
  

• liza said on May 19, 2008 5:40 PM:

  hi great site 10x
  

• Jay Dizzle said on May 21, 2008 3:00 PM:

  Well I love it! Beta 4 has already become a daily use for me. I do a lot of reporting and such in my work, and it really helps when I can just open an application and work. I can't wait until the stable release.
  
  The interface is very intuitive and easy to navigate, and the screen isn't cluttered with crap I'll never use such as in Office, and it's not horrible to look at like older Lotus products. The tabbed workspace is a great idea. The point is: everything just works.
  
  The only thing you really need is an Approach upgrade, and Symphony will officially destroy MS Office and OpenOffice. Lastly, Symphony is just a cool name.
  

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• Installster said on Jun 1, 2008 7:45 AM:

  It's better if Lotus just put Symphony as Freeware WordPro version with only a few office set.
  

• dagamer said on Jun 3, 2008 8:08 AM:

  A Mac port would be great!!! I would also like to see compatibility with ms access added.
  

• 14 said on Jun 5, 2008 10:54 AM:

  442
  

• muslich said on Jun 6, 2008 2:00 AM:

  saya sayang ada sofware gratis dari ibm lotus, ini sangat berguna bagi negara negara miskin didunia dan juga negara berkembang yang masih kuran uang
  

• muslich said on Jun 6, 2008 2:01 AM:

  saya senang ada sofware gratis dari ibm lotus, ini sangat berguna bagi negara negara miskin didunia dan juga negara berkembang yang masih kurang uang
  

• Mahmoud said on Jun 11, 2008 1:59 AM:

  to check if we can fix the tables in the docements
  

• richard said on Jun 11, 2008 8:45 AM:

  I'm a diehard WordPro fan. I can't understand why this and other SmartSuite components couldn't have been used as the basis of this new office suite.
  

• jungtea Oh said on Jun 13, 2008 2:10 AM:

  good product!
  

• Wolfgang said on Jun 18, 2008 1:52 PM:

  it's fine
  

• wild_duck said on Jun 21, 2008 6:56 AM:

  good
  

• icefixer said on Jun 23, 2008 4:16 PM:

  Great product, very fast in windows but still no port for Mac OS
  

• RoyB said on Jun 27, 2008 6:05 AM:

  me no understand why Lotus SmartSuite is not being upgraded to work under MS Vista. I have SmartSuite 9.0 and it has problems with Vista that it didn't have under XP. If I have to I can live with Excel and Word but I am really going to miss Lotus Approach if and when I have to give it up.
  
  In this day and age you NEED a database product and Approach was always my favourite.
  

• bui khng said on Jun 29, 2008 1:52 PM:

  thich truy cap thông tin
  
  thich su tp và ng dung các phn mm
  

• Steve said on Jun 30, 2008 9:07 AM:

  I started with what is now Smart Suite when it was Ami Pro running under DOS. I stayed with it for something like two decades now, and watched IBM abandon it, just like they abandoned OS/2. I would LOVE to have a way of keeping access to all my old documents, presentations and spreadsheets when I complete my migration to Linux, and Symphony looks tantalizing. But will IBM support it??
  
  My girlfriend works for IBM, and they are still using MS Office. So I would say the prospects are not good. (How can they expect us to take them seriously when they don't even use their own products?)
  

• Bounds said on Jun 30, 2008 11:01 PM:

  Just a short blurb, it still needs more work. Also it should not depend on Gnome libraries to install, could be an eclipse thing.
  
  Also for the average user the install program needs to check for package dependencies.
  
  Anyhow it's about equal to Thinkfree and open office, and behind EIOffice. For free though it is not bad. Hope they keep improving it.
  

• Bounds said on Jun 30, 2008 11:07 PM:

  Also I have never heard of Datamation but their winners must be based on a popularity contest or maybe just by reading the specs. If they actually used RedHat 5 they would have not voted for it. Also having used Office 2007 and a bunch of free and paid for office software, unfortunately Office 2007 still as the features that people want and need. Of course I have never used any of the advanced features of EIOffice or OpenOffice.
  

• Jon said on Jul 1, 2008 7:53 PM:

  I work for IBM in newcastle uk, we have SmartSuite installed Ive never seen anyone of the 250 employees open it, MS is only used full stop,,,
  

• Cock said on Jul 1, 2008 7:56 PM:

  Fuk off Jon SS is better than MS all day
  

• dindin nugraha said on Jul 2, 2008 10:23 PM:

  amazing software build on amazing platform, eclipse..
  

• pham van luong said on Jul 8, 2008 3:46 AM:

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• pham van luong said on Jul 8, 2008 3:53 AM:

  verry good
  

• sceptik said on Jul 20, 2008 2:50 PM:

  It still has many bugs.. think it more like a user would do, and less as a qualified programmer...
  

• Nik said on Jul 23, 2008 7:36 AM:

  Yo! just got the CD, going to install it. Let's see what's it's all about.
  

• Nik said on Jul 23, 2008 8:38 AM:

  It doesn't seem to install on Ubuntu 8.04 even after putting in the older stdC++lib and making the file executable. Maybe it will only run on RH and SuSe.
  

• Dr Arun Trivedi said on Jul 29, 2008 12:52 PM:

  Hope it is user friendly;to demolish monopolies & have benefactors around lotus symphony.
  

• Guest said on Jul 29, 2008 8:47 PM:

  prince inusah
  

• kim said on Aug 12, 2008 11:15 PM:

  If you have ever been to a Novell roadshow in the last 18 months, you would have seen their port of Ooo used exclusively for the presentations, so there is hope now with IBM joining in.
  

• fff said on Aug 16, 2008 10:16 AM:

  dd
  

• philip said on Aug 23, 2008 11:45 AM:

  I can't use...^0^...
  

• DataPro said on Aug 25, 2008 4:34 AM:

  Hello,
  
  Lotus Symphony 1 is better than Open Office 2.4
  
  Nevertheless, there is a lot a bugs and I still wait to deploy Lotus Symphony on others computers.
  
  It's difficult to print only one sheet in spreadsheet part.
  
  If you launch Open Office, then you can't load any document in Symphony until next reboot... etc...
  
  Sometimes, Symphony closes itself without warnings.
  
  It's not enough stable for a version 1.0 (maybe v0.95)
  
  Good job for Excel comptatibility
  

• ComputerEdge said on Aug 30, 2008 7:44 AM:

  Hi!
  
  I will shift to Lotus Symphony only after the Approach database is integrated into it.
  

• Joe Tony Tagore J said on Sep 1, 2008 10:10 AM:

  Hi,
  
  I am a student and I Love every product of IBM from PC to soft wares. I just now downloaded the Lotus Symphony because i was searching an office suite to replace MS. Fabulous. I couldn't express my gratitude.
  
  Older versions were too slow. This is far better than other office suites. I can't tell it's better than Microsoft Office. It's good.
  

• petros said on Sep 14, 2008 10:22 AM:

  gh
  

• tien said on Sep 15, 2008 4:04 AM:

  I like it.
  

• Ron said on Sep 18, 2008 10:49 AM:

  Just spent a few hours working on a DVD cover. Great results , Great Software.
  

• Shyamal from IBM said on Sep 19, 2008 7:36 AM:

  Very Good, Very easy to handle...............
  

• mvctrfdrtfcghj said on Sep 19, 2008 10:15 AM:

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• Yura said on Sep 19, 2008 10:16 AM:

  I am a student and I Love every product of IBM from PC to soft wares. I just now downloaded the Lotus Symphony because i was searching an office suite to replace MS. Fabulous. I couldn't express my gratitude.
  
  Older versions were too slow. This is far better than other office suites. I can't tell it's better than Microsoft Office. It's good.
  

• Yura said on Sep 20, 2008 12:44 AM:

  I am a student and I Love every product of IBM from PC to soft wares. I just now downloaded the Lotus Symphony because i was searching an office suite to replace MS. Fabulous. I couldn't express my gratitude.
  
  Older versions were too slow. This is far better than other office suites. I can't tell it's better than Microsoft Office. It's good.
  

• Yura said on Sep 20, 2008 12:50 AM:

  Lotus Symphony 1 is better than Open Office 2.4
  
  Nevertheless, there is a lot a bugs and I still wait to deploy Lotus Symphony on others computers.
  
  It's difficult to print only one sheet in spreadsheet part.
  
  If you launch Open Office, then you can't load any document in Symphony until next reboot... etc...
  
  Sometimes, Symphony closes itself without warnings.
  
  It's not enough stable for a version 1.0 (maybe v0.95)
  
  Good job for Excel comptatibility
  

• Yura said on Sep 20, 2008 1:02 AM:

  OPSP of the year? It doesn't exist - not for the mac platform anyway.
  
  I have yet to see a working product... therefore OpenOffice beats it hands down thus far. With NeoOffice you at least have a working package available for each platform. Amazingly, IBM has had a Linux version out for quite a while, but still no Mac port.
  
  If IBM ever does release a mac native version, then it may be worthy of beating out the one completely cross-platform offering, as well as the MS offering that works on Windows and Mac.
  

• lamtien said on Sep 23, 2008 4:45 AM:

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• Huy said on Oct 1, 2008 1:09 AM:

  oCh mình xin nha Cam on nhi
  

• Br0ken FOnt said on Oct 8, 2008 12:30 PM:

  Why is the FOnt on this Website so broken? It is very unclean on a windows system, looks very primitive. What is wrong?
  

• MHG said on Oct 26, 2008 9:49 AM:

  @First Commenter:
  
  Mac version ? Well, you should be using iWork then, and not Lotus Symphony. The last time I saw, mac users found iWork to be the most comfortable office suite ever designed.
  

• Amit said on Oct 29, 2008 9:45 AM:

  Is the shortcuts of MS office are same as Lotus Symphony?
  

• ali said on Oct 30, 2008 9:20 AM:

  aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
  

• Ludwig Van Chehab said on Oct 31, 2008 8:45 PM:

  Yes, the fonts are still not-good looking (ugly, I'd say, as they are jaggedly displayed like on very low resolution monitor). Besides, Symphony is based on Eclipse and another Java application, so performance-wise, I feel it a bit slower than MSOffice.
  
  I'd stick with OpenOffice, especially its recent-release (3.0). It supports truly multi-platforms (well, except old-days DOS..) and runs natively on our machines. It has many very competitive features similar to MSO, I guess.
  

• RAMKUMAR NEC said on Dec 18, 2008 6:39 AM:

  Hi,
  
  haiii
  
  I am a student and I Love every product of IBM from PC to soft wares. I just now downloaded the Lotus Symphony because i was searching an office suite to replace MS. Fabulous. I couldn't express my gratitude.
  
  Older versions were too slow. This is far better than other office suites. I can't tell it's better than Microsoft Office. It's good.
  

• un utilisateur qui vous haie said on Oct 6, 2009 5:30 AM:

  Putain Quel merde ce soft , on dirai qu’il a été développé par des débiles profonds.
  
  Maintenant je sais pour quoi il n’osent pas demander du fric
  

• DKartch said on Apr 27, 2010 1:20 PM:

  Why doesn't IBM market this software more? A little advertisement would be huge for people like me who have never heard of it (until very recently i didn't). Smooth and quick interaction along with the fact that it's free would be huge. Especially to Microsoft Office users but also any other users as well now that it's for Macs as well as Linux and Windows.
  

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