Comments on: Symphony of Office Destruction http://www.asktheadmin.com/2007/09/symphony-of-office-destruction.html Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:46:10 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Unknown http://www.asktheadmin.com/2007/09/symphony-of-office-destruction.html/comment-page-1#comment-5534 Unknown Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:52:00 +0000 http://ata.bansal-inc.com/?p=393#comment-5534 Everything old is new again. Lotus Symphony was the first "office automation" suite I ever used, back on an IBM PS/2, back in the 1980s. Funny. Everything old is new again. Lotus Symphony was the first “office automation” suite I ever used, back on an IBM PS/2, back in the 1980s. Funny.

]]> By: Unknown http://www.asktheadmin.com/2007/09/symphony-of-office-destruction.html/comment-page-1#comment-5535 Unknown Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:55:00 +0000 http://ata.bansal-inc.com/?p=393#comment-5535 Great info sloth! I am going to give it a go - does it have PDF support built in by any chance?<BR/><BR/>Did you see the poll? Its just for you :) Great info sloth! I am going to give it a go – does it have PDF support built in by any chance?

Did you see the poll? Its just for you :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.asktheadmin.com/2007/09/symphony-of-office-destruction.html/comment-page-1#comment-1379 Anonymous Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:52:00 +0000 http://ata.bansal-inc.com/?p=393#comment-1379 Everything old is new again. Lotus Symphony was the first "office automation" suite I ever used, back on an IBM PS/2, back in the 1980s. Funny. Everything old is new again. Lotus Symphony was the first “office automation” suite I ever used, back on an IBM PS/2, back in the 1980s. Funny.

]]> By: The Slothman http://www.asktheadmin.com/2007/09/symphony-of-office-destruction.html/comment-page-1#comment-1378 The Slothman Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:29:00 +0000 http://ata.bansal-inc.com/?p=393#comment-1378 Karl, I already answered the poll...and guess what I chose! ;-)<br/><br/>And Ninja is right, it makes PDFs out the box so to speak, but what I like is that it is following IBM/Lotus tradition of openness and saves it as a ODF by DEFAULT!<br/><br/>Keep us informed, Ninja, how it goes for you.<br/><br/>I think the biggest thing here is that it is Open Office, which people know of but are skeptical, but when you throw the significant weight of IBM behind it as something they are giving away for free to push the ODF and only trying to get support for it, it speaks volumes.<br/><br/>As our marketing consultant says to me, and he is a former Big Blue'r, if you want to see what the right trends are in IT, just follow what IBM is doing. Karl, I already answered the poll…and guess what I chose! ;-)

And Ninja is right, it makes PDFs out the box so to speak, but what I like is that it is following IBM/Lotus tradition of openness and saves it as a ODF by DEFAULT!

Keep us informed, Ninja, how it goes for you.

I think the biggest thing here is that it is Open Office, which people know of but are skeptical, but when you throw the significant weight of IBM behind it as something they are giving away for free to push the ODF and only trying to get support for it, it speaks volumes.

As our marketing consultant says to me, and he is a former Big Blue’r, if you want to see what the right trends are in IT, just follow what IBM is doing.

]]> By: NinjaAdmin http://www.asktheadmin.com/2007/09/symphony-of-office-destruction.html/comment-page-1#comment-1377 NinjaAdmin Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:07:00 +0000 http://ata.bansal-inc.com/?p=393#comment-1377 I have been using this for a week now. We are testing it out for a possible roll out when it is out of beta. So far so good. Have you seen any issues?<br/><br/>@Karl - as for PDF's the answer is yes<br/><br/>"Symphony can read files from Microsoft Office and make PDF files, too. By default, Symphony saves your work in the Open Document Format. "<br/><br/>Hope I dont sound like a salesperson I have been using this for a week now. We are testing it out for a possible roll out when it is out of beta. So far so good. Have you seen any issues?

@Karl – as for PDF’s the answer is yes

“Symphony can read files from Microsoft Office and make PDF files, too. By default, Symphony saves your work in the Open Document Format. “

Hope I dont sound like a salesperson

]]> By: Karl L. Gechlik http://www.asktheadmin.com/2007/09/symphony-of-office-destruction.html/comment-page-1#comment-1376 Karl L. Gechlik Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:55:00 +0000 http://ata.bansal-inc.com/?p=393#comment-1376 Great info sloth! I am going to give it a go - does it have PDF support built in by any chance?<br/><br/>Did you see the poll? Its just for you :) Great info sloth! I am going to give it a go – does it have PDF support built in by any chance?

Did you see the poll? Its just for you :)

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