The Time Is Now: Cross-platform Competitors to Microsoft Office

“For example, earlier this month, IBM Lotus released version 1.3
of its two-year-old Symphony suite. Lotus also announced intentions
to deliver yet major update to the suite–codenamed Vienna–in the
first half of next year, the same time frame as the next planned
release of MS Office.

“Also this month, Intel voiced plans for a first-time desktop
version of Moblin, a new Linux-based OS currently being integrated
with a quick-start office suite designed for netbooks.

“At the same time, Microsoft is dealing with a court injunction
that will force that company to stop shipping MS Word 2003 and
2007–key ingredients in its Windows-only office suites–by October
14 unless it succeeds in overturning the ruling by then.”

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