Ed Brill

Irwin Lazar: IBM Brings Back Symphony (For Free)

Irwin Lazar of Nemertes Research comments on today's Lotus Symphony announcement:

I've yet to see a feature comparison between Symphony and Microsoft Office, but assuming there is a roughly equal set of features, it will be very difficult to get enterprises to pay of Office when they can use Symphony for free.  We may have just seen a major inflection point for office desktop suites.

Link: Irwin Lazar: IBM Brings Back Symphony (For Free) >



Also check out this video from today's event on CNBC.com: IBM vs. Microsoft > (Via Ted Stanton)