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IBM gives workers ten days to switch from Microsoft Office to Lotus Symphony - OR ELSE!
There's word today today that IBM has finally ordered its staff to abandon Microsoft Office immediately and switch to their own Lotus Symphony suite.Symphony has been around since 2008, and apparently IBM is now confident enough in its office work kung fu that it's going to take over full time duties.
The move makes perfect sense. It's hard to imagine any company using someone else's software to do the chores that their own app is designed to tackle. Why ask your customers do something you can't even ask your own staff to do?
Symphony, of course, is based on OpenOffice.org and recently gained support for Office 2007. The announcement means 360,000 IBM employees now have 10 days to bid MSO a fond farewell before kissing it goodbye forever.
Sure, it's kind of a big hit for Microsft -- but how long did people really expect IBM not to use their own product?
We speculate that users who refuse to switch will have this image blown up and plastered all over their cubicle, where it will remain until they submit.
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