"It's arguably the prettiest alternative to Microsoft Office, with a clean interface in a soothing IBM blue. Oddly, the once-biggest name in computing christened it Lotus Symphony, after a spectacular and expensive failure that dates back to the days of DOS.
"But this new IBM Lotus Symphony seems poised for success. It is the latest open-source freebie, with version 1.0 released at the end of May. It includes a word processing module, a spreadsheet and presentation graphics package..."